In the last week or so, my mom has reconnected with several of her (and my father's) old friends on Facebook. I remember these two families well from my childhood in Kentucky. We lived in a neighborhood--a treeless new development of modest homes that belonged to transient families who had come to Lexington for jobs … Continue reading Outsourcing Memory
Tag: memoir
Now is Not the Time to Write
What was I thinking? I actually said out loud to some people that I thought finishing a draft of this thing over the Christmas break was possible. Likely, even. Apparently I was not thinking about Christmas at that moment, or of how my body always gives in to exhaustion over break, or of the kids … Continue reading Now is Not the Time to Write
Best American Essays!
Wow. I just learned that my essay--the one which shares its title with this very blog--has been nominated by Literary Mama for Best American Essays! I'm really kind of speechless. Thrilled and speechless. I hear you already, universe. I'm listening hard. And I'm writing.
Brown Food
I've been trying to cook through the last of the CSA bounty and tonight there was still the matter of one sad, slightly browning head of cabbage in the crisper drawer. I really like cabbage, but the common green kind--the kind you think of when making corned beef and cabbage or sauerkraut--is not my favorite. … Continue reading Brown Food
Turning & Returning
It's been more than a year since my last post, and now we are deep into Autumn, the landscape having changed from greens to golds to mud brown, the temperature steadily dropping. The outdoor cats are coming in and seeking out laps and baseboard heaters. I think of November as a turning month--the hinge between … Continue reading Turning & Returning
Sustenance
Sustenance 1 a: means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living b: food, provisions; also : nourishment 2 a: the act of sustaining : the state of being sustained b: a supplying or being supplied with the necessaries of life 3: something that gives support, endurance, or strength *** I am a poet and essayist … Continue reading Sustenance
Sheila squillante 