Archive for April, 2005
Growth, or “Aaaa!”
Posted by Heather B on April 13th, 2005We had some more kids at my house today for our Wednesday shindig. Walking home from the school, our group totalled six children and four adults. The crossing guard is calling us “the Power Moms.” We were joined today by Hieu, one of Council’s classmates, along with Irazu who I walk home every day anyway […]
Staying and going
Posted by Heather B on April 13th, 2005“My house says to me, ‘Do not leave me, for here dwells your past.’
And the road says to me, ‘Come and follow me, for I am your future.’
And I say to both my house and the road,
‘I have no past, nor have I a future.
If I stay here, there is a going in my staying;
and […]
Screamachine!
Posted by Heather B on April 13th, 2005This mama I know who lives near Atlanta has created a mama zine. She calls it Screamachine, The Mamacoaster Zine, “cuz bein’ a mama is the ride of your life! take you higher and lower than you’ve ever been befo-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-e!”I recently did a collage for the cover of her spring issue, going to print as […]
We like to dress up
Posted by Heather B on April 13th, 2005
Around here, we like to dress up. Take Lionkid, for instance. He looks marvelous. He and his buddy Mufasa like to hang out together, you know, just let the mane down, let the tail hang out, be cute, roar a little. Sometimes he gets a little fierce. Mufasa, I mean.
But it’s all good.
We’ve also got […]
I love New York
Posted by Heather B on April 13th, 2005I love New York
Several weeks ago I had a chance to visit New York City for the first time in over ten years. This is a city I love. There have been many changes since I last lived there and worked at the Bahá’í NGO. The most notable change, for me, was the addition of […]
Spring, bikes, scrapes, and letting go
Posted by Heather B on April 11th, 2005We have had amazing weather over the last few days, a joyous send-up of that feeling of spring. This week is supposed to be a lot cooler but—oh!—what a pleasure to have had some warmth, a chance to run around outside without a jacket on, and without that frigid, stiff feeling in your fingers.
My kids […]
Dreams that won’t let up
Posted by Heather B on April 11th, 2005Still exhausted—now I am dreaming relentlessly about One magazine. I am actually trying to problem-solve throughout the night. Many of my waking hours are spent working on launching this new online venture… you would think my brain could give it a rest for a few hours while I sleep. But no.
One of the main tasks […]
These are the people in my neighborhood
Posted by Heather B on April 8th, 2005Last night I had relentless storefront Baha’i Center dreams. I woke up exhausted. There is so much to be done. My two big personal hurdles are a) impatience and b) passion. River told me last night that I should a) practice more patience and b) harness the passion, because we need it. Sometimes, in metaphorically […]
Children, children, everywhere
Posted by Heather B on April 7th, 2005Yesterday I started up my spring session of an after-school, neighborhood children’s get-together at my home. This go-around it will be on Wednesday afternoons for an hour or two after the elementary school lets out. And, happily, I had some help—four other women showed up to assist, three of them early enough to help me […]