Staying Engaged. – mere-et-filles
I wrote last week that I was thinking about staying engaged, not enraged. This week I tried to put actions around those thoughts. and today is Friday, so I have five of them to share: First, the Ja…| mere-et-filles
The clouds were beautiful this afternoon when Lucy & I walked (image at the top of this post – this is the “up” image I captured to accompany the “down” below) … and now those white wispy bits are nearly …| mere-et-filles
I wrote last week that I was thinking about staying engaged, not enraged. This week I tried to put actions around those thoughts. and today is Friday, so I have five of them to share: First, the Ja…| mere-et-filles
…and it’s Friday again. These third weeks of the month always fly by – the three Georgia Majority for Gun Safety meetings I attend all take place this week, as does one of the book groups at the bookstore, and …| mere-et-filles
Another week. another Friday. We bore witness to more gun violence and marked another September 11. and … Thinking about and grateful for … community and the opportunities it provides for sharing grief, hope, and love. I attended the monthly …| mere-et-filles
That was how memory worked; it was the opposite of recollection, never as strong as we thought it was, always relinquishing the instances that mattered most to us.Tash Aw, The South When I read those words I realized I tend …| mere-et-filles
Hello September! and front & center the first Fall Birthday Boy*. Y’all he’ll be 11 next weekend! (and this little rabbit hole of posts is guaranteed to put a smile your face ……| mere-et-filles
Welcome fifth Friday and a fifth weekend! exclamation point and … acknowledgement of how weird time is when I share one peek a week into my life. I think it’s a mixed bag for most of us. and … Sojourners …| mere-et-filles
In most months, this would be my last TGIF post until next month’s Hello. This year, though, August is giving us four weeks and five weekends. I have community meetings spread across four wee…| mere-et-filles
It’s Friday, y’all … and time for another peek into what’s happening around here through my favorite lens. This was yesterday morning’s porch time. I could write a who…| mere-et-filles
Happy Friday*! We’ve reached the back half of the month and our kiddos have just two more weeks of summer vacation. which seems totally bonkers. and real. I have two meetings on Sunday about …| mere-et-filles
The hydrangeas exploded this week, Marc harvested more cucumbers & tomatoes, my toes are freshly pedi’d (again with OPI’s Cajun Shrimp), and Sara & Fern are coming for dinner. H…| mere-et-filles
Happy Friday the 13th! I’m not at all superstitious … while I was working on this post the clouds cleared and there’s blue sky out my window for the first time in days. Would I be…| mere-et-filles
Wow y’all. May feels like the longest month ever. It’s the 5th Friday and it will still be May tomorrow. It’s rained every day this week; we are so ready to see the sun! and in th…| mere-et-filles
I always think of Memorial Day Weekend as the start of summer so: “summer begins”. Yesterday was the last day of school (it was like a Sunday morning traffic-wise when I drove to the bo…| mere-et-filles
Hello Friday! It’s been a long week … Monday feels like a month ago and even Wednesday feels like days (more than just two). I’m very happy to be sitting at the kitchen counter, t…| mere-et-filles
Hello Friday! Hello lilies! Marc planted one little lily a few years back. Every summer/fall/winter I fret that our landscapers have killed it … and then in the late spring it comes back. big…| mere-et-filles
Sometimes, two of them will take a boat and sail downstream, to reach a new place where they can start a new story. How will that story go? Who will tell it, and whom will they tell it to?Hiromi Ka…| mere-et-filles
The photo above is from today’s morning walk … a smidge later than usual and our first without a flashlight in months. Hello May! with thanks to Diana Butler-Bass for sharing yesterday …| mere-et-filles
Happy Friday … quickly! Marc is home for the weekend (this makes THREE in a row!) and I’m headed to Beaufort (our 15th weekend there!) shortly. My mom, sister, and sister-in-law drove d…| mere-et-filles
As she works, she considers what she might do with her crops. Betty has a recipe for raspberry shortbread she could try, if she saves up her margarine rations. This imaginative pondering feels as i…| mere-et-filles
…and just like that I find myself at the end of another month. this time seated at the desk in my study … a seat that’s been empty for weeks, partly because it’s cold in thi…| mere-et-filles
Hello and happy π day to all who celebrate! We are having pizza tonight to celebrate :-) It’s been a full week, y’all. and I am happy to be sitting here in the quiet Greenwood apartment…| mere-et-filles
I believe joy is not only a choice, but an act of resistance to the darkness. To choose joy, to share joy, and to celebrate the joy of others is to refuse to allow the darkness to define us or our …| mere-et-filles
Well hey there, it’s been a minute. and it’s Friday … which should be the easiest day for me to ease back into a blogging habit. Lydia invited me and Lucy for snacks and knitting …| mere-et-filles
Welcome to this last Friday of December, the one where the Twelve Days of Christmas are just beginning, the new year is still a few days off, the refrigerator is so full of leftovers I won’t …| mere-et-filles
… and just like that, it’s the Friday before Christmas. or as we’re saying in our family this year Chrismukkuh (iykyk). At Thanksgiving (when we were last together), it seemed lik…| mere-et-filles
In these weeks the town has seemed more than ever to her eyes beautiful, the rich bronze tones of November darkening at night into deepest liquid blue.Sally Rooney, Intermezzo Say what you want abo…| mere-et-filles
November has finally arrived … sweaters, mittens, hats, rain (no snow), wind … and I am not sorry. neither is Lucy. We both love the cozy fireplace vibe in the library … and I thi…| mere-et-filles
I could not help but notice that my neighbor’s new* tree – a redbud – is offering a heart if I care to pause and notice. which of course I do. I also notice the beautiful shading …| mere-et-filles
