 Here is the row of pitchers on my windowsill. There are five of them, plus a sixth pot. I made the five pitchers and the small lidded jar was made by Jim Makins. I can see them when I sit at the kitchen counter, where I write. They remind me of something I did once, but no […]  Today is the last day of November, and the final day of the Yeah Write November blog challenge. No doubt you’ve noticed I’ve been posting daily. I don’t know if I could have completed this challenge if I hadn’t had the month off from work, but I did, and had the time to write daily. […]
 Dear Rachel, I just wanted to write you a post about how much I miss Sunday having pancakes and bacon with you. Love, Mom My daughter and I used to have pancakes and bacon for breakfast every Sunday she spent with me, but three years ago she gave up meat, and I won’t make bacon […]  I try to get each post written the day before it goes out, but here I am, late again. We got home from my sister’s house last night, and though it wasn’t late we were exhausted. The drive was about three hours, and traffic wasn’t bad (I think you’re allowed to say that after you’ve […]  I am absolutely not a numbers person, but I do appreciate some things that are funny about numbers. There are times I especially like; 12:34 (get it, 1,2,3,4?) and of course 3:33 and 12:21. I woke the other day at 6:18 and was reminded that 618 was my college boyfriend’s room number. I can still recall many […] |
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Tara L. Davis - It’s true. We sometimes do things we are supposed to do and not what we want to do. I am only just starting to do . What I want to do and I wish some one had encouraged me as a kid or I had just encouraged myself.
Anna Rosenblum Palmer - My mother is a professor and my father an artist. There are many ways to make things. I love your pitchers…and I am glad you are writing!
Meg Galipault - Those pots are beautiful! I envy your talent. This is a lovely contemplation on the unpredictably predictable paths we take in life. So glad writing is among the avocations you love.
nrlowell@comcast.net - Meg, thanks vey ,much. I am so glad I finally started writing after thinking about it for so long.
ellen - I think that if you are a “maker of stuff” you are always a maker of stuff. I’m a maker of stuff too.
Amy Bee - There is something especially satisfying about about becoming a more physical, hands on person when you come from a family of cerebral types.
Lola Marguerita - You make beautiful things and you write beautiful things. How appropriate.