Clouds

"Mommy mmmmm, your mashed potatoes are like clouds."  

No need to wish me a happy new year!

Unimaginable

Once in awhile life presents breath taking perfection and harmony that is unimaginable most of the time. Soak it up.

Kreplach

Mayn kinder essen kreplach, fershtays?

Flower

Girl: (WITH FERVENT DETERMINATION) He loves me, he loves me not, he loves me, he loves me not, he loves me, he loves...
Flower:  (THINKING INTROSPECTIVELY) Really? Isn't it enough I grew all these fragrant pink petals? Can't I for once just be a flower without all that pressure?"

Missed

If you don't take a moment and look around what you missed will be long gone.

Penicillin

Nothing says Christmas like a simmering pot of Jewish penicillin.

Trail

Hikers mark their trail as they trek through unfamiliar forests to avoid getting lost.
Clearly, knitters do the same.

Plans

We have big holiday plans, what are yours?

Laundry

In my secret housewife fantasies I want to scream in a dramatic, sobbing movie star voice,
"No more, not another load!  Damn you to hell dirty laundry!"  And upon uttering those words, the wash would magically dissolve, promptly reappearing in the drawers clean, dry and folded.  

Dogs

Our philatelical family theme song this holiday season: Who let the dogs out? 

Reassuring

I'm sharing the reassuring flavors in homemade cranberry pomegranate jam.
Find someone to share your most reassuring flavors with, it helps.

Surrender

Sometimes there is no choice but to surrender to the change of seasons.

Remain

The names have weathered away, generations of people long gone, the angels remain.

Score

The score is 7 down, 1 to go and 0 actual fire trucks needed, yet.

Response

The fight-or-flight response is a biological response of animals to acute stress,
i.e., see my relationship with knitting project below. 

Shadow

Beyond darkness and shadows lurks promise of a vast shining sea or a somewhat polluted lake. 

Lottery

Recently, for the first time, I bought lottery tickets and lost.

Today in a life lottery, totally unrelated to money, and far more significant, I won.
I found out that I'm dense, and that's a good thing.
From here on out I am redefining winner.

Eight

Happy Hanukkah cookies to all, and to all a good night.

Didn't

No use crying over spilled milk, or fancy imported broken dinner plates... we didn't.

Top

Trapped, cornered, struggling to stay on top.  Inspired by Le Corbusier, 1932.

Letter

Starting the day with a love letter left behind by my son in the midst of chaos.

Resilience

Today I find resilience. When life bores holes in my trunk and eats into my core, I will continue to stand tall welcoming flowers to grow around me even in the harshest of weather.