Light. Joy. Fun. Play. Love. Everything you need to know about my dad, you can see in the photograph above where he is dancing with me. He loved to dance. He loved fun, music, Monty Python, Asterix + Obelix, silly jokes, dogs and family. He was also quite brilliant with a doctorate from MIT in aeronautical engineering,… [Read More]
an ancient, long-buried gift*
Sometimes, things just line up in such a way you almost fall into the path you are supposed to be on. For me, this means I am taking the entire month of October off social media. That’s right– no Instagram, facebook or twitter. I’m even keeping my texts and emails down to very limited days… [Read More]
just keep me where the light is
oh Mindy!*Can you feel that? Mercury goes direct today and all I can say is HALL-LE-FFF-ING-LU-YAH!(I’m sure that’s sacrilege in some camps, but not mine — my god has a great sense of humor and curses like a fishwife.)This morning I woke up and everything felt softer, easier — there was even a crispness in… [Read More]
squam time
Good morning Mindy,* Isn’t it funny how things show up? Your random decision to mention that you find good mojo reading my blog put some excellent, dry kindling on those dying embers. All I want to do is write to you, write in my journal, read and paint. That is precisely what I want to… [Read More]
end part one
Dear Mindy,* Eventually the party came to an end. Are you wondering how much play, relaxing, eating and easy conversation can a person take? Let me just say, if it were an Olympic sport the French would totally whip our ass. On our last day, we hit some last great spots — some of our sweet cousins… [Read More]