I blink my eyes shut, breathe in a rushed wish, raise my eyelids and blow out the candle. I am embarrassed, wonder if I’ve chosen a good-enough wish, what others will think, fake having made a wish when my mind draws a blank.
Archive for the ‘Legacies’ Category
Before I Slice the Cake
Posted in Dreams, Language, Legacies, Longing on July 23, 2021 | 2 Comments »
Sorry, PETA
Posted in Animals, Clothes, Finery, Fur, Legacies, Political Correctness, Relationships, Seasons on October 1, 2014 | Leave a Comment »
I’m the kind of girl made for fur. I’m on the petite side of things, small boned, small hipped, with a modicum of upper body strength and strong, sturdy long legs and calves.
Aunt Marion’s Pistachio Torte
Posted in Aging, Cooking/Food & Wine, Emotions/Inner World, Family, Legacies, Relationships on November 23, 2012 | 1 Comment »
My Great Aunt turns 88 this Christmas. Growing up, she was the baker in the family. She whipped sponge cakes to 10 inch height. By hand. She had a tall metal bowl and a whisk. She walked around her kitchen stirring and walking and stirring and walking until she determined that she had them exactly […]
Wintry Thoughts of . . . Tulips
Posted in Family, Flowers, Legacies, Natural World, Seasons, Tulips on January 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Although it’s January, and should be too early for thoughts to turn to spring, my eyes caught sight of a planter, rather desolate in location (back stairs to an office building, concrete steps, leading out to a grocery-store/Starbucks style alleyway), with a nondescript tree, and, at its base, small green shoots poking out of the […]