by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Jan 28, 2014 | Standing In The Shadows
The thing I notice now that I’m ambulatory after the great ankle twist of Snow Day Number One-Too-Many is how afraid I feel of another ankle twist right now. I’m cautious on the ice. I feel… wary, worried. Old, I feel old—or at least a bit...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Feb 11, 2014 | Standing In The Shadows
For Pete’s sake let’s take today to rise up singing. This machine surrounds hate and forces it to surrender.” – inscription on Pete Seeger’s banjo.
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Feb 19, 2014 | Standing In The Shadows
The whole Valley Advocate Best Of didn’t entirely register for me. The deadline is tomorrow. I did not push my blog once. Oh, well, oh, dear, oh no, oy vey. But anyway, here I am with the official request that if you like this blog, please vote for it. You do...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Feb 25, 2014 | Standing In The Shadows
Last week, I posted a photo of a snowman to Only in Northampton’s Facebook page. This week, I saw a sandsnowman. And that’s really all there is to say. Up on Brain, Child’s Brain Mother blog my essay about a surprise that happened to me on...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Mar 13, 2014 | Standing In The Shadows
We are back, as of midnight. I do not want to wear a coat (hashtag, First World Problems). We should see snow later, so I will wear a coat. Grumpy about the return, I won’t say much more on that subject. Of my three to share, two fall under the category of...
