Sunday, December 21, 2003VAGUE DISCONTENTResisting the urge to write. I have had ideas but they go no where, or go a short distance then run smack into a wall of apathy or self-doubt. Meaningless activity, why bother? This borders on depression and those who know me would be surprised that I could harbor such feeling. My current state of... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 10:01 AM Comments (6) (link) Thursday, December 11, 2003UNTOUCHABLEMy mother stiffens when I put my arm around her. She is almost 80, often in pain from arthritis and spinal stenosis. Sometimes when I'm visiting (which is not often) and we go shopping, and I see she is unsteady on her feet as we cross the parking lot, my natural inclination is to extend my arm to... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 5:51 PM Comments (6) (link) Sunday, December 7, 2003WHO'S IN CONTROL?Pacing like a caged tiger. It's Sunday and there's NO NEW YORK TIMES on my doorstep. That is due to the fact that you can't find the doorstep. RG stopped shoveling around 2am when there was no place else to pile the white stuff that continues to fall. Not a car on our street has moved since... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 9:35 AM Comments (5) (link) Saturday, December 6, 2003WHEN NATURE WINSWe city dwellers don't often look nature in the eye, throw up our hands and say, "OK, YOU WIN!" Today is one of those rare days. You could tell it was coming last night on the tv news when all the weather reporters had that rabid gleeful glint in their eyes as they showed us, with their "doppler"... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 9:31 AM Comments (9) (link) Thursday, December 4, 2003MACY'S ON LIFE SUPPORTAs a city kid I spent Christmas wandering the streets of New York, usually with my loving little grandmother at my side. It was pure magic. Gram and I would spend hours ice skating at Rockefeller Center surrounded by the brilliant sparkle of lights bouncing off the glass towers that disappeared in... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 8:09 AM Comments (7) (link) |
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