Words: kind of lost track, but I think about 1,500. I forgot to mark the starting number and there was some infill. Music: Silence is the new ritual. Or maybe it was the whirring of the dryer (my office is in the pantry/laundry room). It’s rhythmic and undemanding. Yeah, seriously, maybe what this means is that ritual isn’t as important as we think. Maybe we’re just fooling ourselves and all we need are the ABCs Read more…
Words: 943 Music: None. huh. What does that say about rituals? We were sitting in the swing in the backyard, just enjoying the twilight before the mosquitos came out in droves, when Ben spotted the owl in the hackberry. He just kept his eyes on us while we got the binoculars for a closer look. He wasn’t a great horned owl, though there is one of those in the neighborhood, and he was too big to be Read more…
Words: 2,035 Music: KGSR Broadcasts Vol 16. James McMurtry has an amazing voice A lot of words tonight, probably because I didn’t write all weekend. Saturday we spent at the park watching A play ultimate Frisbee. We got about 4 or 5 inches of rain on Friday and Saturday, so the kids were sliding all over the place. Plenty of mud came home with him. But it did clear up so nicely and even though Read more…