What will the anthropologists that visit us from space make of it all? What will they make of our face masks… protection from a virus, or just adornments for our mouths, like an heirloom brooch or cheap flashy earrings? What will they make of all these words on our t-shirts: Coke, Obama/Biden ‘08, Penn State, IZOD, 6th Annual 5k Race,…
I know I’m not the only person who loves the brand new box of crayons, the bigger pack the better. All those tips not yet worn down, all those colors laid out in their tidy rows. And that brand-new-crayon smell! I had a favorite crayon color: blue-green. It was in the 64-pack with sharpener, of course, and in the satisfyingly…
Multitudes, I tell you!!
Clumps of sargassum afloat Sips of mojito Two marimbas playing the Super Mario theme Wisps of cloud and dollops of cloud Strawberry ice cream Green coconuts on a shade tree A spectrum of skin from burnished mahogany to piggy pink Iguanas mating not far from a cool pool A pelican cruising for fish, low and smooth Magnificent Magnificent Frigate Birds…
This one last year, I get to walk up the hill at three o’clock to wait at the school doors for dismissal. Ding dong, ding dong, ding dong! “Allllllll right students, please listen carefully! At this time all kindergarten is dismissed!” Then “all busers! Busers please!” “Curbside pickup!” “Vans!” And the kids stream out, almost all of them so much…
Eating fruit Swimming with tropical fish Drinking juices Listening to waves’ mesmerizing non-rhythm Finishing a book and immediately opening the next one Having a bite of sushi, or an avocado Tapping toes to music wafting over from somewhere Stretching languidly Noticing breezes Feeling temperature shifts as clouds drift across the sun and off again Breathing slowly Drifting almost to sleep
Today I’m remembering the way it felt to be nine, ten years old in a Texas summer. Those days seemed so long. And so free: reading half the day (every day), going to the pool. It was hot, so hot. So hot it even felt hot in the pool sometimes. So hot we’d remark, “I wish I could shave my…
How is it that every task takes ten times longer than I think it will… except for the tasks that I most doom-crastinate about, which end up actually taking approximately 2.7 minutes each? How is it that I feel better now that my ex has a new person, not worse? How is it that a whole bag from Sam’s Club…
Remember when I had my hair shaved on one side of my head, wore clothing all the wrong sizes, and hated everyone my age? Remember when I joined the golf team? Very upstanding! But I never broke 100, and felt dumb with the other girls, and played one tournament, then had a panic attack in the van for the next…
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