There’s a lot of chatter every year about keeping Christ in Christmas, getting back to the real meaning of Christmas, etc., which is all well and good if that means peace on Earth, good will towards men. But sometimes that call, to keep Christ in Christmas, sounds like Scrooge and the Grinch to me.Every yearContinueContinue reading “Keeping Christ in Christmas”
Category Archives: family
Evening Routine
A few weeks ago, I realized my quality time with my kids has been looking something like this:”Go play in the basement while I make dinner.””Eat your dinner!” “Eat it!” “Eat the rest!””You guys want to watch a show?””Okay, bedtime. Quick, pick a short story. Now sleep.”It would be easy to blame first trimester symptomsContinueContinue reading “Evening Routine”
Lifestyle Changes
This fall, I am doing this crazy thing: I am taking off every Friday. That’s right people, four-day work week until 2011. There are two huge payoffs to this schedule. First, the work week is packed, and I mean PACKED, with stuff to do. I’m not really one to sit around waiting for someone toContinueContinue reading “Lifestyle Changes”
I’m the map, I’m the map, I’m the map
Someone is coming to look at our house tomorrow (during naptime, while BW is out of town, of course), so the kids and I have been tidying up tonight, and now we are watching Dora. Does anyone else question the value of shows like Dora?”Do you see the volcano?” Pause. Pause.Pause.Click! “That’s right!”Or… “Where areContinueContinue reading “I’m the map, I’m the map, I’m the map”
Work in Progress
Here’s something new I’ve been toying with. I think maybe the title is too heavy for the poem, but the previous title was “In the Woods,” and that wasn’t enough. I hate titles. Can I be Emily Dickinson and rely on the first line of each poem as the title? When I am dead andContinueContinue reading “Work in Progress”
Baby Spoons and the Crust
A lot of thought-provokers happened today during my 30-minute lunch break, and I can’t help but take a few minutes to reflect on them here before settling in with transcripts and info sheets and all of the other important tasks I have to do. Are kids you know picky about sandwich crusts? Lydia is. UnlessContinueContinue reading “Baby Spoons and the Crust”
Painting Nails and Gettin’ Dolled Up for Work?!
In about three hours, the students and faculty will begin to arrive for the Ashland MFA program, and step one to prepare for the residency today: painting my nails. This is clearly the most important item on my agenda for the day, even though I rarely paint my nails, even for weddings. I even broughtContinueContinue reading “Painting Nails and Gettin’ Dolled Up for Work?!”
Potty Training Adventures
I have never been so proud of bowel movements.We began potty training our son, Elvis, a few weeks ago. We eased him into the process with the convenient yet pointless Pull-Ups and their sneaky tricks to entice you into buying boxes and boxes of them under the guise of “potty training” when really, they areContinueContinue reading “Potty Training Adventures”
Readings and Reading
This weekend, I had the great joy of reading at the Columbus Arts Festival. You never know with poetry readings – there could be dozens of people, or there could be one: your husband. Fortunately for me, the Columbus Arts Festival drew thousands of people, and a few of those folks stopped to linger aroundContinueContinue reading “Readings and Reading”
The Corner Stand
The Corner StandThe pick-up’s open tailgate displaysthe fruits of our labors – bushel basketsof fresh-picked sweet corn, Sugar Babywatermelon, zucchini, yellow squash,tomatoes, green bell and banana peppersall arranged in quart containers.It is unpredictable at the corner stand –will passersby, hankering for a dozen,see our shining vegetables, mouths wateringfor a taste of straight-from-the-vinecherry tomatoes, pull inContinueContinue reading “The Corner Stand”
Sarah Marie Wells 