taking leave from blogging for vacation’s sake

hello good folk,
i am taking leave of blogging in order to gallivant in england and scotland with my entire family: me, mom, houston, kelly and ben. i’m so excited. we haven’t taken a family vacation in a long time…and this is long overdue. i will be in touch in a couple of weeks when i [...]

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i’m cheating on robert…

lately, i’ve found myself cheating on mr. frost. i know, how terrible of me, but hey, he’s dead, right? still, no excuse. but, i think he would support the affairs i’ve found myself involved in. i have been reading the words of both wendell berry and mary oliver. look into their backgrounds, especially mary oliver’s…it [...]

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and again, evidence of my love affair with robert frost

The Pasture – By Robert Frost
I’m going out to clean the pasture spring;
I’ll only stop to rake the leaves away
(And wait to watch the water clear, I may):
I sha’n’t be gone long.-You come too.
I’m going out to fetch the little calf
That’s standing by the mother. It’s so young,
It totters when she licks it with her [...]

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