Right now, I’m indulging myself in a slow morning of slice reading, commenting, fishing for a slice of my own. What will strike me to write about today? Maybe pandemic hobbies. Maybe feral cat caretaking. Maybe something I haven’t discovered yet. Right now, my lap is warm and heavy and rumbly with cat. Orange Oliver…
“That was clearly the car of the day,” my husband says as we turn to watch a beautifully restored Mustang drive by. My son is so outraged he can only slap his thighs and jump up and down. Finally he finds words. “That car?! THAT car?!” More slapping and jumping. “Hell no, HELL no!” “Okay,…
I borrowed the idea of reflecting on a year of Covid lockdown in the form of lists from Mary at Write Between the Lines. Top 5 Saving Graces of 2020 My mom. For our daily walks, incessant texting, and excellent shared cat content (she’s got 5 cats including a new Detroit feral rescue!). Also, she…
We never meant for Ratty Tabby to be named Ratty Tabby, but somehow the name stuck. She showed up in August, skin and bones, eyes glassy and sunken, barely able to walk. We called her Ratty Tabby to distinguish her from the other tabbies who showed up on our porch. “The ratty-looking tabby is out…
That’s what I thought my pandemic reading year would look like. Not that anyone thought it would be a year back then. Two or three months, I thought, maybe the summer. We all had energy in March. We were listening to the Berlin Philharmonic and taking drawing classes and streaming opera and attending daily PD…
Cameras! When a parent is with them, the camera is on. I saw some of my students’ faces for the very first time. I have gotten used to teaching with only my own face to animate the screen, but what a different experience to be able to look at someone else rather than look into…
Each Wednesday, Margaret at Reflections on the Teche shares a photo that inspires a “small poem.” I love photos, and I love small poems, so I’ve been saving this idea for a Wednesday slice. To add an extra challenge, I closed my eyes, scrolled through my camera roll, and committed to writing a poem about…
One of my favorite ways to find a slice to write each day is to read other slices and seek inspiration. It may take a few clicks, but I can always find a structure or a topic or a question to engage me. Today, it was a whole passage from Mari Miyagi’s post, Willpower to…
Sunrises and sunsets over the vast rolling prairie Hikes with a free-roaming bison herd in Wind Cave National Park One stoplight towns Deer in my backyard Spring thunderstorms Kitsch: life-sized dinosaur replicas, the world’s largest prairie dog statue Big skies Main streets that look like the set for an old Western Wildlife: pronghorn, coyote, prairie…
If we were having coffee, I would have to take a couple of photos of our cups before we begin our conversation. Because in this dream coffee date, we’re not on Zoom, we’re not drinking coffee we made ourselves in our own kitchens. We’re at my favorite coffee shop, the one I haven’t discovered yet.…
the dirigible plum 