Death is but crossing the world, as friends do the sea; they live in one another still. – William Penn
Dear R; I’m sorry I got so busy with school these last few weeks that I wasn’t a better friend. It was such a big change for us that I had trouble keeping track of everyone and what they needed and what I wanted to give them. I hope the …
Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are. ~Bertold Brecht
I’m going to start with the happy first. I don’t want to start with the sad or I’ll write two lines and stop. It’s been too long since I’ve been here! I’ve been writing in my private journal and writing papers. Lots of papers. I haven’t written papers, well since …
Callin All Angels
I’m going to post some of my assignments on my blog and on Facebook. There’s quite a lot of writing and it’s good exercise. Callin All Angels The loss of one of my dearest friends, strangely wasn’t on my quick list of watershed moments, but when I stopped to think …
The Day the Devil
The Day The Devil Laurie Anderson The day the devil comes to getcha you know him by the way he smiles The day the devil comes to getcha He’s a rusty truck with only twenty miles He’s got bad brakes he’s got loose teeth He’s a long way from home …
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined. Thoreau
Has it really been that long since I’ve written anything? Well not really. I wrote beaucoup papers for my class this last semester. Actually I probably, no most assuredly, wrote above and beyond what was required because that’s just how I do things (I refuse to insert “how I roll” …
There are two tragedies in life. One is not to get your heart’s desire. The other is to get it. ~Shaw Man and Superman
So though I am loathe to share anything about this journey until success is guaranteed, I feel as if I must. Today I had my interview for the Masters in Teaching program at the UofA. I’ve actually been working towards this for about a year. I started off in the …
“Be courteous, be obliging, but don’t give yourself over to be melted down for the benefit of the tallow trade†~George Eliot
I could almost say this is a ‘get off my lawn’ moment but I’m not bothered by kids, I’m bothered with adults. I think maybe kids have a handle on this “internet thing” and “the email,” (as those who have not used it long, which seem to be many in …
Bloggers Silent Poetry Reading
WHAT: A Bloggers (Silent) Poetry Reading WHEN: Anytime February 2, 2009 WHERE: Your blog http://branchesup.blogspot.com/2009/01/invitation-to-fourth-annual-brigid-in.html WHY: To celebrate the Feast of Brigid, aka Groundhog Day HOW: Select a poem you like – by a favorite poet or one of your own – to post February 2nd. Feel free to pass …
Frozen Jack
ice storm_0662Originally uploaded by jyllianm First of all we are OK. NW Arkansas has been declared a disaster area. The worst Ice Storm in the state’s history. We were without power until just now–4 days in a 40 degree house, all of us dressed like bagladies. We slept in coats, …
Nonexistant
I know I lived here. I know I had these friends and experiences. I have them all locked in my head. I remember some very very clearly. But there are very few pictures. There are many pictures of my friends, some of them I took, but very few of me. …
Stars: Heart
Time can take its toll on the best of us Look at you, you’re growing old so young Traffic lights blink at you in the evening You tilt your head and turn it to the sun Sometimes the TV is like a lover Singing softly as you fall asleep You …
what isn’t and will not be
Everyone is pregnant. Every blog that I read about miscarriage and infertility–they have either 1)recently had a baby or babies 2) are pregnant 3) about to give birth. I stay away from LJ right now too because there are new pregnancies and babies on my list. I am happy for …
Thanks to two men, old and young
Sometimes in your life you can actually hear the door slam and the window open. It’s been a shattering month. Despite the pregnancy losses, mortality and the simple dividing line between living and not, was never so obvious as recently. We knew that C was dying. We’d been visiting weekly, …
Miss Ninny August 2007
Miss Ninny August 2007 Originally uploaded by jyllianm I miss you miss ninny pop. It’s been a year now and we still notice our girl missing every day. 18 years wasn’t quite enough, but then anything short of forever wouldn’t have been enough.
Carl
Carl L. Williams, M. D., of Fayetteville, Ark., passed away peacefully after a long illness on Sept. 11, 2008, at the Circle of Life Hospice in Springdale, Ark. He was born Sept. 28, 1929, in Schenectady, N. Y., grew up in Mount Ida, Ark., and graduated Mount Ida High School …
Your shadow at morning striding behind you /Or your shadow at evening rising to meet you;/I will show you fear in a handful of dust.
~T.S. Eliot from The Wasteland Again and still it is hard to find the desire to say the things I used to say here without much effort. I have always written easily and frequently, until about December of last year. A horrid thing happened and simultaneously my desire to write …
As flies to wanton boys, are we to the gods; they kill us for their sport
Once again I’ll thank you for the pokes and proddings to catch up, to write more. We’ve had an eventful last several weeks, both good and bad. The bad is that my stepfather has returned to the hospital then been moved back to the skilled nursing facility. He won’t be …