Clock
Already ten o’clock? When did it come to this? Maybe time would be on my side If I had a clock right on my left wrist.
Letting Me Work
If you let me work, I’ll let you play. Then maybe tomorrow we can trade!
Perfectly Content
One book about the way things were, and five books about how things could be for a moment, when the photographer pushes the last bottle of San Pellegrino onto the shelf, rotates it into perfect order, steps down, and snaps … Continued
Too Content
Someone once told me I was too content. If only she knew how perfectly discontented I was. I was just at the point where I was ready to learn what to expect, who to ask, what to do, where to … Continued
All My Exercise
Some people like to drive their car so they can walk inside a gym. There is a gym in walking distance. I might walk there and back again. Some put washers in their closets. You can do that, I don’t … Continued
Knobs and Tubes
I’m starting to wonder if the knobs and tubes were built into the house or if they were added later. It’s hard to imagine that, after thousands upon thousands of years of sooty light, that there was someone ready to … Continued
Housework for the Winter
When the weather’s kinda crappy at least you know you can be happy that your housework’s getting done because it’s relatively fun. On the day’s the weather’s nice you just want to be outside. So get some loppers, spades and … Continued
Two Degrees
Can you feel the difference between fifty-five and fifty-seven? Ninety-one and ninety-three? Nine and eleven? How about thirty-one and thirty-three? (I’m talking fahrenheit degrees.) These two make a difference you can see. And what is your heart’s melting point? The … Continued
Doing It Ourselves
We decided, instead of bringing the car to the mechanic, or calling it totaled (maybe we should have), that we would do it ourselves, “because we could.” But we couldn’t do it ourselves without the friend who helped us put … Continued
Doing the Budget
Sitting with paper, erasers and pencils, making a plan that will serve as a stencil to keep us nicely inside the lines, at least, we hope, most of the time.