by csweet | Sep 20, 2013 | Blog Archive, Uncategorized
I love Old Navy. Old Navy, and Ariadne. Let me explain (whilst also pulling metaphor out of a hat by its ears!). Today was the day I decided I needed new clothes. This usually happens once in spring and once in fall: I’m consumed, seemingly all of a sudden, with...
by csweet | Jul 21, 2013 | Blog Archive, Uncategorized
Last night, Peter and I went to liberate some of the gazillions of snails that have taken up residence in our aquarium. Semi-unwittingly, we chose the sweet spot between thunderstorm and sunset. In the space of about half an hour, this is what we saw. (God, I love...
by csweet | Jan 19, 2013 | Blog Archive, Uncategorized
I struggled, before and during the writing of this. Ron didn’t want anyone except a chosen few to know about him. And yet I’m writing this. He’s dead, so I can. Hence the struggle. Part of this is selfishness, because this is a story I want to tell....
by csweet | Dec 31, 2011 | Blog Archive, Uncategorized
A former student of mine just sent me this photo, from her recent trip to England. It’s sublime. The sublime isn’t truly happy without the ridiculous, its badly behaved twin. So as I gazed at this photo of Stonehenge, all shivery with awe, I found myself...
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