Monthly Archives: October 2009

marrymeant

Posted on October 30, 2009 by Deanna

We in this interesting clan of mine are letting fun be our theme this season. My cousin Lydia’s wedding last weekend, officiated by my dad, was dubbed “traditional untraditional.” Then there’s this little guy, whom you may have wondered about in an earlier picture. GORT (“Goes On Road Trips,” also a reference to The Day … Continue reading →

Posted in family, goofy, marriage is cute sometimes | 3 Comments

ten lanes across

Posted on October 29, 2009 by Deanna

Away up I-5 from here, past mountains wearing cloud pinafores and showing snow-laced petticoats, there’s a wide spot in the freeway, four lanes in each direction, with a new express lane being constructed on each side. I remember the area well. The exit sign reads Fife Milton, and if you’re heading north, off to the … Continue reading →

Posted in interesting, writing | 3 Comments

Posted on October 21, 2009 by Deanna

You must keep sending work out; you must never let a manuscript do nothing but eat its head off in a drawer. You send that work out again and again, while you’re working on another one. If you have talent, you will receive some measure of success – but only if you persist. ~Isaac Asimov … Continue reading →

Posted in practice, writing | 4 Comments

graceful fun, with a fly

Posted on October 19, 2009 by Deanna

Although internet movies, videos, fan flicks, and so on do not make up much of my cyber-life, I am pleased to have known about a particular video production since it began its journey a year ago. Directed, edited, and produced by Fresca from l’Astronave (the suavest name for a blog I’ve heard, meaning “starship”, and … Continue reading →

Posted in art, friends | 5 Comments

remembering John

Posted on October 15, 2009 by Deanna

In the library meeting room interfaith, spiritual, memoir enthusiasts gather. Mom takes her pen, jotting notes from long ago, before Dad, before me. Sorrows and blessings we’re asked to ponder. Hers, the sorrow of a sixteenth birthday weekend. Helping her mother at the junior high church retreat. Her father out on the road with the … Continue reading →

Posted in family, memoir, wonder | 3 Comments

moments between

Posted on October 12, 2009 by Deanna

In the shade, air breezed chill across nose and cheeks. Sunshine warmed stretches of the path that led me to a flower garden. Unsettled emotions loosed their grip among many still-fragrant roses. Like eddies in our river, thoughts swirled. Familiar refrains cycled past, mixing with glimmers of new ideas. It appears I thrive on doses … Continue reading →

Posted in art, outdoors | 4 Comments

love and the why

Posted on October 7, 2009 by Deanna

At least two bloggers this week have admitted they over-think things. Such confessions may clog our spheres, but I think, rather (in my over-thinking way), that I gravitate to posts by these types. What else can be said for a woman nearing 50 who posits motives for her actions 30-plus years ago, on paper, submitting … Continue reading →

Posted in life, reflection, writing | 5 Comments

cadence change

Posted on October 5, 2009 by Deanna

Simultaneously the huge, round spider and I frightened one another. On a precarious stool out front I swiped the big window, dislodging the unsuspecting arachnid. I’m sure she exclaimed something spiderish, while I said, “Oh! Ah! Ah!” and jumped backward. She scrambled beneath the window sill to remain completely hidden while I finished spraying, wiping, … Continue reading →

Posted in lil' animals, newsy, random stuff, writing | 4 Comments