the occupation of Ashley and Levon
” No the point is not only does time fly or do we die, but that in these reckless conditions we live at all, and are vouchsafed for the duration of certain inexplicable moments, to know it.” -Annie Dillard The question of how to spend the time is no new one. If we’re willing [...] Continue Reading »
I’m excited about turning 30 here in about four hours. 30 is a landmark. 30 is historic. 30 is dang near respectable. I’ve been a grown man for a while, but not a 30 year old grown ass man. I say bring it. Ashley asked me if there was anything I wanted to do before [...] Continue Reading »
As we left the YMCA yesterday afternoon, I glanced at a newspaper to learn who was playing the Superbowl. Patriots again? Well, I root for them. Because James Madison Middle School, where I attended long ago, stole the registered logos and called themselves Patriots. I didn’t know Eli Manning, the brother of Knoxville’s most religious [...] Continue Reading »
Ashley and I were just writing a song one minute and then I lost her. She saw the baby asleep and rushed him to bed. She has to take these easy nights when she can get them, now they are both snoozing. I’m sitting here in hopes of getting my head around where this song [...] Continue Reading »
For me, labor felt like swimming miles under a heavy sea. The pressure was enormous and holding my breath for so long in the dark water felt like more than I could manage. The most troubling part was that the only way to alleviate the compression and strain was to endure the long, strenuous swim to [...] Continue Reading »
I think it’s going to rain me out today. I would love for it not to. Yesterday I was painting an old Folk Victorian house in Historic Mechanicsville, running around on ladders with buckets of four colors that adorn the decorative woodwork. It was 63 degrees in late January and I was glad to be [...] Continue Reading »
Ashley is a superwoman. And before I continue, I should mention that the YMCA trainer DID come back with the baby – and thanks, Lauren, for mentioning that needed a follow up. But Ashley has spent the night with a fussy, fussy, fussy baby. FUSSY!!! Even after we tried to establish a calming routine- almost [...] Continue Reading »
Ashley and I had our first family outing at the YMCA just now. She put the little guy in front of an EFX machine and it was only minutes until someone asked to hold him. Curiously, Ashley watched one of the personal trainers walk off with our baby and she continued her workout. I debated [...] Continue Reading »
“It is not good to have zeal without knowledge, nor to be hasty and miss the way.” Proverbs 19:2 This was how the morning started, reading my daily Proverb (31 days, 31 chapters), and looking out at a cold morning as I built up the woodstove. I made coffee and watched my fire flicker [...] Continue Reading »