loose change

the first monday piece on eastern standard time! it’s a cheeky tuesday piece. i’ve begun this piece two times between today and yesterday and scrapped both. i’m writing now from my cabin just before dinner–i imagine i’ll finish it up either this evening or tomorrow morning. really stretching the terms of a monday! it’s surreal…

may has come and gone! what a month. i still feel like i’m settling into the year in spite of being five months into it. time is still passing at an uncomfortable rate, but this past weekend it slowed down for a bit. i’m still coming down from it. on thursday i drove to las…

today has to be one of the sundayest mondays of the year. sam is in town, and we spent it doing a little bit of admin as we prepare to head east for the summer. i felt very anxious today upon waking up and it was frustrating to watch the day play out while the…

another monday come and gone! i’ve lost count of which number monday piece this is. i’m going to check right now actually: the 25th piece!!!!! nearly halfway through a year! although it isn’t truly the 25th piece due to those two weeks i missed. but in spirit we’re 25! how cosmic! i am writing from…

i’m starting this piece on sunday night! because i do know what’s good for me, although i’ve been keeping that a secret these days. i have a lot on my mind for a multitude of reasons. i’m excited to parse it on this page. for mother’s day we returned to a classic repertoire: brunch, mimosas…

the inaugural may monday piece! feeling alarmed at the passage of time. i feel like i am in a blink-or-you’ll-miss-it period. also a blink-and-your-car-registration-will-be-overdue, blink-and-your-medical-bills-will-have-doubled, blink-and-you’ll-spend-half-of-your-tax-refund-on-a-parking-ticket, blink-and-your-first-graders-will-be-second-graders, blink-and-your-left-hand-will-NOT-be-100%-functional-by-june, blink-and-you’ll-be-on-a-plane-to-the-east-coast-with-no-control-over-your-long-list-of-administrative-tasks-in-california. slowly (not quickly enough) i am gathering myself and slowly i am beginning to check things off of my list. not quickly enough! so hard to…

really waited until the very last moment to write this & i wish i hadn’t! too late now to do anything but jot some things down: time seems to be moving increasingly quickly as we move toward summer. my Getting These Kids Through First Grade checklist is getting smaller by the day, which feels very…

i forgot to write my monday piece last week. i’d been thinking about it all weekend & even on monday morning! but the afternoon rolled around and it had been kind of a busy day and in all the excitement i just forgot. i’ve missed two pieces now! but it’s okay. to maintain a positive…

happy monday! i’ve almost just sent this text: inspiration for today’s monday piece is hard to come by! i didn’t send it because after drafting it i realized i’d not tried to really write yet & maybe the act of doing so will move me brightly! i’m sitting at sunburst. it’s warm today. the eclipse…

(monday/tuesday/WEDNESDAY piece) last week i missed my first monday piece!!!!!!!! woof. just as i feared, skipping one monday made it entirely more difficult to commit to the next one, and now it’s 8:34p and i’ve only just started writing. next week will be better! last week at this time we were cozied up in a…