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everything changes. no. some things change and some things stay the same. they way we love each other never changes. the way we are loved never changes. but that’s not actually true. the way we love each other grows and... Continue reading

Posted Dec 29, 2023 at bits of sunshine

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hello to you! i just jumped on your blog, after too long away . . . and see that you bought a house and are moving! all kinds of excitement! i tried signing in to leave a comment there . . . and for some reason, i can't . . . maybe it's because i am on a work computer? i will try again at home . . . i just wrote out my christmas letters, and am sending one your way! love to you, elizabeth

Commented Dec 11, 2023 on december day twenty at bits of sunshine

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J5T :: friday :: december 8 :: soft

hello all, from a grey montana morning the morning has softened . . . i woke to sleet - not soft at all. but that has subsided, and now it is just grey - softly grey soft: i am the... Continue reading

Posted Dec 8, 2023 at bits of sunshine

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J5T :: thursday :: december 7 :: calm

for many years now, i have been joining michelle gd for some of her just five things offerings. for a week or two, michelle offers prompts, some thoughts, sometimes an essay or a poem or a quote, as a jumping-off... Continue reading

Posted Dec 7, 2023 at bits of sunshine

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J5T :: wednesday :: december 6 :: jolly

jolly jolly feels big and bright and warm and all-encompassing draft horses decked in sleigh bells, pulling a capacious sleigh through the twilight, past trees decked in lanternlight, under the overarching sky studded with starlight a grand entryway, draped in... Continue reading

Posted Dec 6, 2023 at bits of sunshine

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J5T :: tuesday :: december 5 :: winter

winter in five lists cold, crisp air the way the sun feels warm on a ten degree day parka selfies snow - falling softly, or in a fury of flurries clean and white the muffled blue night flying down a... Continue reading

Posted Dec 5, 2023 at bits of sunshine

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J5T :: monday :: december 4 :: present

present right now, here, in my office 1. sunlight through my window (so many days of sunlight! i am so grateful for this) 2. the hum and hiss of the heater (not as loud as sometimes, but not just background... Continue reading

Posted Dec 4, 2023 at bits of sunshine

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J5T :: friday :: december 1 :: tradition

tradition was a different sort of thought for me to sit with we (b+e+m+i) don't really have any traditions that have lasted . . . the only one that has held for all the years i have been married to... Continue reading

Posted Dec 4, 2023 at bits of sunshine

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J5T :: thursday :: november 30 :: haven

haven the first six things that came to mind when i sat with the word haven this morning. (since 2001) ben (my whole life) in a warm car - driving through the dark - good music playing - voices rumbling,... Continue reading

Posted Nov 30, 2023 at bits of sunshine

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J5T :: wednesday :: november 29 :: blessings

blessings. the words come when we need them. when we are ready for them. i don’t often say i’m so blessed. i never use #blessed. that feels too flippant to me. but lately, there is no way, no other way,... Continue reading

Posted Nov 29, 2023 at bits of sunshine

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J5T :: monday :: november 27 :: wonder

five things * wonder * sunlight and a soft morning sky waking up by ben our gas fireplace - cozy and bright the home ben and i have the relationships that b+e+m+i all have together wonder is found inside a... Continue reading

Posted Nov 28, 2023 at bits of sunshine

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J5T :: tuesday :: november 28 :: twinkle

here is my list this am - five things *twinkle* tiny, enormous stars and galaxies frost in sunlight a touch of glittery eye makeup and a brush of bronzer my eyes, when i look up and see my people sunlight... Continue reading

Posted Nov 28, 2023 at bits of sunshine

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october 14 :: frost

daylight is shorter earth tilts away from the sun lessening the warmth of the rays the air cools, the ground cools, night lengthens cold settles in the harshness is not without beauty the dropping temperature meets moisture freezing droplets into... Continue reading

Posted Oct 19, 2023 at bits of sunshine

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october the first

maddie driving ben driving me driving miles and miles and miles across the border across multiple boarders all of the driving to isaac away from isaac i like it best when we are all together Continue reading

Posted Oct 19, 2023 at bits of sunshine

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august 9

left my office early in the afternoon - because, discomfort i need to try those ear calm things i'll keep working on things to make me the most comfortable i can be 45 minute nap, under some cozy blankets -... Continue reading

Posted Aug 10, 2023 at bits of sunshine

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august 2

in the sleeping bag, on the air mattress, in dispatch made it to the gym - 3rd day in a row! i'm so tired, but i stayed up so late again i don't know why i do that to myself... Continue reading

Posted Aug 10, 2023 at bits of sunshine

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dancing and flying a flag: brooklyn and miles city

on saturday, O'Shea Sibley was stabbed to death in brooklyn because he was dancing and because the murderer believed him to be gay (he was). for some reason, just now, this 17-year-old believed that stabbing a man to death in... Continue reading

Posted Aug 4, 2023 at bits of sunshine

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good ole' boys :: something about a song and a curriculum

good ole' boys a descriptor that has always been used to refer to a group of white men with the power who look out for their own they claim the land they are the law they white-wash neighborhoods and curriculums... Continue reading

Posted Jul 22, 2023 at bits of sunshine

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july 19

the day 9 slump. these middle days are the hard ones. it's ok to feel sad and down and all the feels. just don't unpack and stay there too long. some people teach us all about who we don't want... Continue reading

Posted Jul 22, 2023 at bits of sunshine

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July 1

sunshine today, so bright and hot. perfect lake weather. we went paddleboarding. and maddie and damon joined us. feeling like there is a disturbance in the force. just some unsettle ripples. ripples come from movement. like it's time to move.... Continue reading

Posted Jul 19, 2023 at bits of sunshine

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july 17

still so smoky work in the morning - feeling like i am just slogging through . . . trying to make some things happen . . . isaac asked for sandwiches. i made him both meat and chees and pb&j... Continue reading

Posted Jul 19, 2023 at bits of sunshine

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july 18

clear skies! sunshine! no smoke! alternating patience and a stomach twisted in knots. let's hold hands and hold space and hold each other up in our differences and in our overlaps and in our sameness. lemon burst cookies. wow. my... Continue reading

Posted Jul 19, 2023 at bits of sunshine

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joy

Posted Jul 18, 2023 at bits of sunshine

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July 14

a message right away this morning. what coffee would you like? my treat. what a bright way to start a friday morning. charlie's t-shirt today for fire shirt friday. because ben is in las vegas right now. (we won't talk... Continue reading

Posted Jul 18, 2023 at bits of sunshine

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July 15

Why do I always see 11:11 on my phone? but it’s pretty cool that I do I worked on all of the weeds behind the garage tonight. There were so many and I sprayed a really terrible weed killer that... Continue reading

Posted Jul 18, 2023 at bits of sunshine

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