Monthly Archive: May 2005

12
May
2005

PERSEPHONE RETURNS

do do do be do. La la la tra la! You should see the sky outside right now. It’s 9:30 p.m. and the sky is EXACTLY the same color as a robin’s egg. You can see some here at one of my favorite websites if you are not sure EXACTLY what color I mean. The cool thing about evening skies is how they shade down from cobalt to BLUE BLUE BLUE…this deep, rich blue that you could suck on like a popsicle to a rosy-golden-fireorange glow along the black demarcation of the horizon. Sort of like a darker, more glorious,...

10
May
2005

OUT OF THE CLOSET

Holy untame lions, Aslan. I just watched the trailer for the upcoming The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. *chills* It looks, as with a very few books-to-film, that they might have gotten it right. There aren’t very many films of books that really get it right, although it does seem like filmmakers are getting better at it. Anne of Green Gables was one. Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter were both the work of genius in bringing books to life, although I actually felt that the first Harry Potter film did almost TOO good a job. It was...

09
May
2005

DOING THE MATH

I’m tired so often, especially in the spring and summer. It’s not just work. It’s not just the full calendar. In fact, I think I’ve figured out what the problem is…this is a typical weeknight and each one of these things wakes me up a little bit more. 2:00 a.m. Anders finally comes to bed 3:30 a.m. Karin comes shuffling in, curls up on the floor/bench/end of the bed 4:00 a.m. Sun brightens up, birds start their early morning calisthenics 5:15 a.m. Have to pee 6:00 a.m. Anders’ alarm goes off 6:45 a.m. MY alarm goes off but I haven’t...

08
May
2005

SUBLIME SUNDAY

The sky is blue with voluminous, roly-poly clouds meandering slowly by. Dandelions stretch up, reaching for their big sister’s comfort, their wide, bright eyes glowing. The air is warming, though still cool with a slight breeze. Spirea is flinging out its arms garlanded with white lace. The starry leaves of lupines gather on the plushy hillsides. A chestnut horse with black withers frolics around a pasture, trying to entice an older mare to play. He’s kicking up his heels, wheeling back and forth, but she’s having none of him. All of the neighbors are out in their yards, mowing, sowing,...

07
May
2005

ROUGH LIFE

Now I remember why I don’t like memes so much…I get no comments. Or maybe it’s because it was a Friday evening and the rest of the world was out doing something fun or cozy or exciting. I thought for sure someone would comment on my dictator of a small country line. 😛 My Friday night, you ask? I was editing photos. It’s tough having such a rock-n-roll lifestyle. I’m actually nearing the end of my year-long procrastination on updating our family website. I had a stated goal of March, but that blew past like a lion. Anyway, all the...

06
May
2005

CARRYING THE WEIGHT OF POPULAR DEMAND

I’ve been tagged and you’re next! Tracey tagged me with a meme and even though I don’t often do memes, I like Tracey, and playing variations of tag in our yard (TV tag! Fox & Hens! Blindman’s Bluff!) as a child holds fond memories, so I’m playing along. The idea is to pick five of these following options, and finish the sentences however I see fit. I can add more sentence starters if I want. Then I tag three people to carry it forward. Here goes:

05
May
2005

OF COURSE, OF COURSE

I used to be all about the being busy. I thrived on it, it was a buzz; oil in my motor. Then, just to carry a motor metaphor to an utterly complete crashing halt since what I know about motors would fitbetweenthesewords, I ran the engine on no gas and parts started smoking. Friction! Gears grinding to a halt, crunch, squeak, squeeeeeeeeeeal. But my job keeps me buzzing, so I’m having to learn how to slow down around and outside of it. Even when I don’t have any scheduled plans, however, like today, it still seems to be my modus...

04
May
2005

YOU DON’T DROWN BY FALLING IN THE WATER

Today was a half day of work, but I ended up staying until 2 because I was trying to get as much done as possible due to having tomorrow OFF. woot! Sleeping in, here I come! Anders took Friday off, but I have so much to do still (with no end in sight 🙂 that I didn’t feel it was an option. Tomorrow is “Christ Flew Up to Heaven Day” as literally translated from the Swedish Kristihimmelfärdsdagen.* One of the reasons that I sometimes think about dropping out of choir, aside from the fact that it’s a weekly-plus commitment is...

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