HAPPY ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY MANNIKMEL ! I STILL REMEMBER THE DAY AND THE MOMENT I FIRST SET EYES ON YOU I TURNED THE CORNER AND THERE YOU WERE – YOU CAUGHT ME TOTALLY OFF GUARD- I WAS SPEECHLESS–I FELT A TINGLE THAT STARTED IN MY FEET AND WENT ALL THE WAY...
THEY SAY A WARM HEART CAN MELT EVEN THE COLDEST OF PEOPLE….BUT YOU REALLY PUT THAT TO THE TEST
IT WAS ONE OF THISE MARCH DAYS WHEN THE SUN SHINES HOT AND THE WIND BLOWS COLDS: WHEN IT IS SUMMER IN THE LIGHT AND WINTER IN THE SHADE. CHARLES DICKENS IT FINALLY GOT WARM ENOUGH TO PAINT OUTSIDE! LET THE GAMES...
IT WAS A TAXING MONTH….I DOUBTED INVESTING IN YOU, BUT SOMETHING UNCALCULATED HAPPENED. FREEING THE GIRLS FROM THEIR UNIFORM WHITES WAS SO LIBERATING AND EXHILARATING. I DON’T KNOW WHICH ONE OF US ENJOYED IT MORE!
I KNEW IT WAS HAPPENING, I HAD KNOWN FOR A LONG TIME THAT IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN…IT WAS EXCRUCIATING… TO WATCH… TO WAIT…TO WANT IT TO END..AND NOT END AT THE SAME TIME. I KNEW I HAD TO LET IT HAPPEN AND I KNEW THERE WAS NO STOPPING IT I...
I NORMALLY LOVE THE ONSET OF SUMMER, BUT THIS JUNE WAS LIKE NO OTHER. IT STARTED WITH PLANNING MY FATHER’S FUNERAL FOR THE 14TH, AND PREPARING FOR MY MOTHER’S BIRTHDAY ON THE 19TH – BUT WITHOUT THEM. I DON’T THINK I HAVE EVER BEEN THIS...
A CICADA REUNION! 17 YEARS IN THE MAKING-
OH THOSE DOG DAYS OF SUMMER CERTAINLY TOOK A TOLL ON US!
COURAGE IS THE POWER TO LET GO OF THE FAMILIAR”. RAYMOND LINDQUIST “NOTHING IS FOREVER EXCEPT CHANGE”. BUDDAH “THERE IS NOTHING PERMANENT EXCEPT CHANGE”. HERACLITUS PACKING UP OUR HOME. A SECOND FUNERAL FOR MY FATHER. ANOTHER...
I FEEL LIKE THE LEAVES THAT ARE FALLING OFF THE TREES, IN A WHIRLWIND, SWIRLING ABOUT, NOT KNOWING WHERE I’LL LAND, BUT KNOWING THAT THERE IS NO OTHER DESTINY BUT THE GROUND BENEATH ME.
