I am home alone...sitting right here in my little spot. I just made a pot of coffee in my new coffee maker, on sale at Meijer's for $14. It is just what I've been wanting...a little programmable four cup that makes me so happy. I've been thinking I need to add more...quality...to my days. I've been rushing lately. Running late. Leaving messes. Lots of them. I need to start waking up earlier and I'm thinking my new coffeepot will be just the ticket to help me establish my new habit. This also means I will have to go to bed earlier and well, I just hate to go to bed early. I really do. Something just happens at night - no matter how tired I am - everyone falls asleep and I just...come alive. I pour my tea, turn on my music, jump online, and before I know it, it is 1 in the morning. We'll see...I will keep you posted on my progress. Anyway...It's been a good day. I've been doing a little laundry here and there, napped a bit, made a big macaroni salad just to keep in the fridge (very unlike me...makes me feel so...together...like one of those planned and prepared moms), played a game of Life with Savannah and Somer (it was a good game...I won the nobel peace prize...Savannah said it was for my book), and now blogging with the sounds of deb talan, who I believe I would be great friends with, if we ever met. Her voice and lyrics are just so...honest and raw and I love honest and raw. If I had her phone number, I'd call her and invite her over for waffles as there is just something rather endearing about sharing waffles with a friend. You understand, don't you?
I'm reading If You Want to Write....a small, tattered hardback with a plastic cover that crinkles when I open it. The pages are worn...yellowed...and smell like library. Not surprisingly, it is overdue. But I just can't seem to return it. I have dog-earred so many pages I have defeated the whole purpose of dog earring. Upon opening this gem, I am all at once inspired and frustrated...I never know whether to keep reading or pick up a pen. Maybe I will blog about it later...
Sunday, February 22, 2009
coffee pots. deb talan. the smell of libraries.
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mmm...the smell of old books...LOVE that.
well, never write when you think you "should" write, only when you want to.
ever think of writing on your blog? I mean...maybe you could have a new post title that you re-use whenever the muse visits, called, "Scratch Pad" that is just wordswordswords, strung together, unedited, etc. Then later when you're that organized mom again, you can collect them and put them together into something. I don't know.
All I know is that I was always going to write about my children, and never did until e-mail came along. I saved my e-mails and suddenly...I had writing that I was proud of. Then the blogging opened up..perfect.
love you!
p.s. that last comment was really disconnected...
um...
just wanted to make that clear.
:-)
love that idea, kulio. love it.
You can do it. :o)
carin-
whatever it is, you write it well and i find myself saying, 'OH YEAH...exactly. i know what she's sayin'. i get it.'
you are an AMAZING writer. can't wait until i read the book you will write when the time is right!
love when you said you wake up at night...i get it. something about a quiet house, loved ones tucked in, and sitting down to reflect on the day that feels so...cozy and untroubled!
macaroni salad...i, too, feel so with it an efficient when i have a tupperware full of it in the fridge AND a freah loaf of crusty bread to go with it...strange combo, but i find it comforting.
old library books...yummo.
the smell of an old book... what IS that!
something about it... that sense... the sense of smell is SO strong... it stirs up something inside of us! what ever it is... it's good!
i would love to read one of YOUR books... something tells me i will one day!
Love your blog. I read it all the time. It's funny, being a stranger and all. Anyway. You feel so real through your words I read. So much like me. :)
Carin + ellipsis = true love forever! You have a unique style, GO WITH IT! I am excited to see what you do... (yes, I ellipsis-ed on purpose, as a tribute to my fave cousin writer).
Sorry I am mired in my own pursuit of being the organized mom to be a faithful blog commenter. I am alive (I think?) but currently trying to solve the world's problems, so yeah, I can't promise comment consistency.
Your biz card is sweet, btw! Can I hire you? No seriously, can I hire you?
oh, em...(couldn't resist the ellipsis) I miss you! and it's ok if you never comment again...I so admire you and your ambition. your social awareness. you rock. I love you.
I am with you.... on all of it.
My family is asleep... and I am JUST now hitting my stride for the evening. I will be up well past 1 AM, I can already tell. :)
And the idea of having waffles and coffee with, oh, say, Ann Lamott perhaps.... I'm totally down wit dat. :)
Last.... "If You Want To Write"... total masterpiece. It's write up there with "Bird by Bird" in my personal library. :)
oh, HWHL...I knew you'd understand. LOVE Bird by Bird...every time my sister calls, overwhelmed, I tell her to take it bird by bird...now THAT is a great book. You...are a kindred spirit.
OK, since the ellipsis was mentioned I have to tell my story of Rosemary, a patient I was blessed to visit during the last of her earthly journey. She had been an English teacher and one day, as the end drew near, she asked me if I knew what the ellipsis meant...and I told her I did, but she went on to tell me briefly and succintly what it meant saying "...there is more, but it's just not here..." And that day, after I said a prayer with her and prepared to leave, she reached for my hand and lightly tapped three dots--an ellipsis--onto the palm of my hand and I knew she knew, there is more, it's just not here. That was the last time I was able to visit her...here. Love you much!
chills from that story.
me again,
only I am writing here to point you to a comment I made on your last post (not this one), because I cannot seem to do anything in a straight line anymore - so I have zig-zagged around your blog, leaving a comment here that was meant for there - I'm amazed at myself today.
Anyhoo, I left a comment THERE, meant it for HERE, and then I forgot the link so had to add that on again THERE.
Please go look before I hurt myself trying to make this comment.
kulio...
biped sideways...chills.
stopping by your blog to tell you so.
again.
I am glad you had a good day.....I think we need to make some waffles:) I made some with your girls last time they stayed!
I think I need to get out one of the many books I have not finished and do some reading too!
Have a Great week hope your new coffee pot helps!
Deb Talen...coffee...a good book. A true, honest, good for the soul kind of day. I am happy to have found you once again. Blog land is funny that way, you happen upon something fantastic...then can't remeber where you put it! Your writing makes for good reading...keep it up!
i am completely in love w/ this picture c. priceless- like you.
<3 u
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