My mom is here. She sauteed broccoli with garlic and toasted sesame seeds for dinner. So delicious. Thea, who is visiting, ran out for the broccoli. Val made fabulous cabbage slaw and tuna steaks. I chopped and cooked yams. We nourished ourselves, an unexpected assortment of humans (and one dog, Continue Reading
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On the flip side
Since December, since Montana, since hair and energy and a new year, Val has been doing great. Or so it appears from my (front row, but still audience) vantage point. She sings silly songs in the mornings, she styles her thickening hair into tiny swooshes, she’s making music and thinking Continue Reading
Rain, music, yoga and a doorknob
Hello there all. It’s been a while, hasn’t it? Those of you who don’t see us in real time are no doubt feeling parched for news of our doings and well-being. (However do you pass the time between riveting blog posts? Poor things.) Allow me to catch you up a Continue Reading
Harboring Felons
I wake up in the middle of the night to pee. there is a moment before awareness that feels like falling. here safe warm in this bed. i know something. but i don’t know what yet. i am a body. and then the knowledge shakes loose and flows down its Continue Reading
Friday: all still fine (plus glassblowing)
A quick update: Just wanted to let you know we are both doing fine. Val’s been hanging with friends and playing music today, while incredible people clean our house, fix our basement toilet, vacuum our garage, organize our finances, and perform other superheroic endeavors. She feels a bit low energy Continue Reading