It’s a strange business, turning those days into sentences, and then paragraphs. Elizabeth McCracken, An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination Some months it feels strange, too, stringing together stories based on a collection of photographs. And yet, … Continue reading Looking Back | August.
Any story could be a comedy or a tragedy, depending on where you ended it. That was the magic, how the same story could be told in an infinite number of ways. Emma Straub, This Time Tomorrow July’s story didn’t … Continue reading Looking Back | July.
The power of story is to heal and to sustain. And if we are brave enough to tell our own story, we realize we’re not alone, again and again. Suleika Jaouad, Between Two Kingdoms June’s story took me to some … Continue reading Looking Back | June.
The question is, shall it or shall it not be linear history. I’ve always thought a kaleidoscopic view might be an interesting heresy. Shake the tube and see what comes out. Chronology irritates me.” Penelope Lively, Moon Tiger In many … Continue reading Looking Back | May.
Everything is broken and messed up and completely fine. That’s what life is. It’s only the ratios that change. Usually on their own. As soon as you think that’s it, it’s going to be like this forever, they change again. … Continue reading Looking Back | April.
How we spend our time defines who we are. There is no magical future. Today is our future. Mary Pipher, quoted in Kate Bowler’s Good Enough In my mind (and my heart), I’m tempted to look back at this month … Continue reading Looking Back | March.
Luxury, I think, is the total fulfillment of all five senses at once. Rosamunde Pilcher, The Shell Seekers February was, for sure, a month of luxury. I saw smiling faces, signs of spring, stitches coming together to knit a sweater, … Continue reading Looking Back | February.
‘When you remember today, what will you remember best?’ ‘All of it,’ she said. ‘It wouldn’t be complete or real if you left out any part of it, would it?’ Wallace Stegner, Crossing to Safety Of course, I’m pretty sure … Continue reading Looking Back | January.
“Stars are made of dust and nitrogen; they are balls of gas and hydrogen. But that isn’t what a star is; it’s only what it is made of.” ~Patti Callahan, Once Upon a Wardrobe Happy sigh. It’s time to Finish (2021) Regular! First up in the finishing queue is wrapping up December – daily photos first and then books and reading. and finally, one last post to look back at a year of making. A Gratitude List: twinkle lights. knitting. seeing family more than once. selfies with my sister. books (and more books). amaryllis blooms. and even seeing a peek … Continue reading Looking Back | December.
“…photography: the paying of attention, the capturing of time.” ~ Lauren Groff, Arcadia I usually think of October as our month of crisp, blue skies, and this year, November was the real star. We had the most glorious fall I can remember. It was another month of staying close to home, save the gathering at Katie’s on the 6th to celebrate fall birthdays, and a trip into town on the 18th that afforded that gorgeous cityscape sunset. We had our first freeze and my tires didn’t like the cold one bit – the tire pressure warning light came on the … Continue reading Looking Back | November.
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