"We used to think...when I was an unsifted girl...that words were weak and cheap. Now I don't know of anything so mighty." -Emily Dickinson
Monday, July 21, 2025
Almost eleven years...
Sunday, July 20, 2025
Pretty sweet Sunday...
Saturday, July 19, 2025
A summer stunner...
Friday, July 18, 2025
Humming the old hymn...
Thursday, July 17, 2025
A very good day...
17 July 2025: Hard to think of a more pleasant recent day. Hannah and Theo came over--and so did Amy, who got to meet him for the first time. We had lunch and just visited for a long time (though Amy had to get back to work). The baby has changed so much since I last saw him in person. He's smiley and curious and basically just chilled and vibed. Then this evening, I had dinner with Eva (who was in town), Tim, Betty, Carrie, James, and Rachel at Rumsey Tavern. We just sat and talked forever.
So blessed. So grateful.
Wednesday, July 16, 2025
Kevin Kling: Unraveled
Tuesday, July 15, 2025
We love a good mutter...
Monday, July 14, 2025
Hoffman's brick of a book
Sunday, July 13, 2025
"joyful rigor"
Saturday, July 12, 2025
Still places to be found...
Friday, July 11, 2025
"Superman is the angel of our best nature"
Thursday, July 10, 2025
"Two Men Arrive in a Village"
Wednesday, July 9, 2025
Fall syllabizing...
Tuesday, July 8, 2025
Staying close...
Monday, July 7, 2025
"Replicants"
Sunday, July 6, 2025
Back at it...
Saturday, July 5, 2025
Nine!
Friday, July 4, 2025
Independence Day
Thursday, July 3, 2025
"Tired of Love Poems"
Wednesday, July 2, 2025
Home again!
Tuesday, July 1, 2025
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
1 July 2025: Today's return to Sleepy Hollow Cemetery moved me more than ever before and it's hard to explain why--at least quickly.
But I found myself crying standing in front of the tiny marker that just says "Henry," Louisa May Alcott's stone and the American flag she earned working as a nurse in D.C., Hawthorne's family group, and, of course, Emerson's rock.
The pens, pencils, and little notes left by others get me every time, but even more this time. They are little offerings of gratitude and connection.
So much in our country seems broken right now, on the day that stupid "big beautiful bill" passes in the Senate.
These writers, though? They point us to a better way. And they made me who I am--the kind of person who wants to help shape that better way for everyone else.
There they all are, at eternal rest together, but their words live on. It's corny and cheesy, but it's beautiful and left me wiping my eyes on the Authors' Ridge today.