outside

file under: things of walking around::::: the woods & a dog & a husband + happy outside baby + (sad) fish kite stuck in tree + (good) first greens in the woods

reading, taking note of it

file under: thing accomplished that helps maintain sanity::::managed to read a bit of moyra davey's essay "notes on photography & accident" and eleni sikelianos's "poetics of the exclamation point" (from an onedit issue, circa 1995!)

barthes quoted in davey:
"When a certain amount of time's gone by without any note-taking, without my having taken out my notebook, I notice a feeling of frustration and aridity. And so each time I get back to note-taking (notatio) it's like a drug, a refuge, a security. I'd say that the activity of notatio is like a mothering. I return to notatio as to a mother who protects me. Note-taking gives me a form of security."

and one of the sikelianos poems:

birthday purses

file under: things sewn::::made these purses for loved ones (because I learned how to do corners!)

st. louis! & spring &

file under: thing we do with purple trees as witness::::jj & I nurse our babies outside (photo by aleta)

file under: laugh thing:::::finn thinks it's wonderful to finally meet the mokabe's part of the family

st. louis! and our children come together

file under: what a baby loves, witnessed::::loves to watch someone about his size walking around

file under: thing amazing:::::the hair of sylvia lane woldow

file under: couch motion thing(s)::::sylvia, finnegan, and easton

grandma & granpa's house

file under: thing that happens at grandma & granpa's house:::::rainbow on the hand

file under: thing that happens with granpa and finn together:::::bird watching

file under: 3 notable things happening at once::::finn eye-shape, finn mouth-shape, and rainbow across jaw

finn-bath

file under: thing that involves the alphabet, water, and a small orange frog:::::finn in the bath