Right now; February 2023 – A Design So Vast
sunrise, Boston, February 2 2023 Happy new year. A few things on my mind lately. I’d love to know what you’re reading, loving, and thinking about. More and More, I Talk to the Dead &#…| A Design So Vast
I love David Brooks’ columns for the New York Times. He reminds me of my father, almost always. And never more than in his most recent piece, The Surprising Route to the Best Life Possible. Dad and I discussed many things, ad nauseum, throughout his life. Our last conversation, on Thanksgiving 2017, was about books. ... Read more| A Design So Vast
6/9/34-11/26/24 Seven years without you, Dad. I’ve missed you every one of those days, but mostly what I feel now is what I felt literally the day you died: deep gratitude that you were my father. I remember being stunned by how immediately and viscerally I felt that. I’ll never be able to fully express ... Read more| A Design So Vast
Wow. To say I honestly can’t believe I’m turning 50 on Friday is an understatement. I suspect very few people actually feel the age they are but … I really feel abject disbelief that I am here. I am bewildered, awestruck, amazed. To be 50 and, I’ll be honest, at life in general. I texted ... Read more| A Design So Vast
Well hello! Yes, I am still here. I love this little corner of the internet. Photo from Instagram which is where I do more writing these days (though still not enough.) I am endlessly fascinated by why things come to our mind when they do? Why is a certain person that I’m not in touch ... Read more| A Design So Vast
“We are moving towards the solstice, and there is still so much here I do not understand.” – Adrienne Rich This is the holiest day of the year for me. I’ve written ad nauseum about it. For many many years my parents co-hosted a Winter Solstice black tie dance on this night. It’s the darkest ... Read more| A Design So Vast
A couple of sappy Instagram posts for Matt seem to be worth sharing here. We are newly empty nesters and just celebrated 23 years. Wow! FWIW I do most of my writing on Instagram these days. I’d love to come back here. Maybe someday. I’ve shared this picture before and I likely will again. It ... Read more| A Design So Vast
Morning in the mouse house. Coffee in my favorite Ratio mug (thank you VJQ). Phoebe. Crossword. Matt is sleeping. Whit’s been gone all weekend. This is such a time of transition, hanging between what was and what will be. I guess it’s not a surprise I am feeling emotional and raw (Dr Thompson made me ... Read more| A Design So Vast
Sometimes a book says things that are in my heart, puts words to things I have felt but been unable to express. Enchantment by Katherine May is such a book. “We are a forgetful species, obsessed with the endless succession of tasks that hover over our days, and negligent of the grand celestial drama unfolding ... Read more| A Design So Vast
Woke up to a text from my beloved sister that she read this poem and it made me think of her. I have read this before but not in ages, and was touched that it made her think of me. I love it. Happy almost-spring Wednesday, all.| A Design So Vast
I love David Brooks’ columns for the New York Times. He reminds me of my father, almost always. And never more than in his most recent piece, The Surprising Route to the Best Life Possible.| adesignsovast.com
The mountain lake that we hiked to on Saturday morning| A Design So Vast
sunrise, Boston, February 2 2023 Happy new year. A few things on my mind lately. I’d love to know what you’re reading, loving, and thinking about. More and More, I Talk to the Dead &#…| A Design So Vast
