February has proved to be a bit of a bruiser. The month of January felt pretty refreshing after the holiday season, but the calendar turned again to another month and the winds sort of left my sails. There have been a number of issues out of my control, but quite a few of them well…
Author: thirdstoryies
(story)time: Over in the Ocean, in a Coral Reef
I have a real soft spot for artists that get the details right… and then replicate those details many (maybe hundreds, thousands of) times over. So I’m recommending this read on a couple of levels. Over in the Ocean, in a Coral Reef by Marianne Berkes is an excellent book on its own – it’s…
ten and a half
I feel like things are moving at lightning speed right now, like we’re barreling forward to bigger, faster things – summer camps, middle school, eleven. When I look at you these days (and I look at you a lot, even when you don’t realize it), I realize how quickly you are growing. You collapse into…