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it's March, barely spring
wisteria vine surprise--
first purple flower
wisteria won't
bloom until its seventh year--
mine waited for nine
This happened when we lived in our house. There were lots of green leaves climbing the fence but I had given up on ever seeing a flower.
https://boreal-owl.livejournal.com/62556.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZj032MNIx4
"He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to a dictionary."
- William Faulkner about Hemingway
"Does he really think big emotions come from big words?"
- Ernest Hemingway about Faulkner
toddler in stroller
saw my owl t-shirt
said "owl," waved, smiled
perspicacious child
because he knows the
most important word
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQetemT1sWc
In The Early Morning Brain
early morning phone call:
wasted time listening to
a useless message
fast-tracking breakfast
stumbled while I was half-asleep:
nearly dropped coffee pot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B34qwRrkSvQ
I met you on a blind date
arranged by a woman
who knew our parents
but not us.
She thought we liked fine art
but you liked classical music
and I preferred writing.
You lured me with humour
and we've been married 32 years.
Were you my beshert? Fate?
Or happenstance?
Remember these golden oldies from a student's nightmare playlist?
I haven't done my homework!
I didn't study all year!
I didn't read the textbook and today's the exam!
I don't remember how to get to school!
I forgot to bring my books!
For the past month, Monday nights have brought interrupted sleep, insomnia, or nightmares.
When I wake I realize that I'm anxious about Tuesday mornings, for a good reason which has now been resolved. I hope.
Last night's nightmare was unique and funny--in retrospect. I was told, "You have to have the Passover seder for the entire family. Tonight!" Of course, I hadn't done the shopping, cleaning, or cooking for this. It came as a complete surprise.
So I madly scurried around in a shopping frenzy. I sent flowers to my maternal grandparents. In the dream, I couldn't remember who was still alive and who wasn't. Just which relatives did I need to include? The invitation list and the to-do list grew longer and longer and time was running out...
When I woke I remembered that this was July, not April, so it wasn't Passover after all. I had to laugh.
Only a Jewish woman would ever have such a dream.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h81Ojd3d2rY
