by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Nov 21, 2010 | Standing In The Shadows
I pretty much never want to turn back the big old hands of time. As much as there are things about getting older—grey hair or creaky knees—I don’t wholly adore, there are other things—a general comfort with being myself—that override the...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Nov 23, 2010 | Standing In The Shadows
There aren’t many leaves left on the trees around here these days. Winter keeps insisting itself—frost in the morning, a really strong cold wind to push against walking up a hill, the light falling away quickly in the late afternoons, and darkness...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Nov 25, 2010 | Standing In The Shadows
In the ongoing attempt to weed through, well, everything (a losing proposition, be assured), a few days ago, I noted what is tucked away on my computer’s sidebar. Along with some unfinished essays and a cascade of unreturned emails, there’s the holiday...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Nov 28, 2010 | Standing In The Shadows
Ten hours’ sleep (in-a-row) Healthy, happy children The most lovely friends ever Dearest spouse Nuance and complexity Family, with its bumps, bruises reality My little town Picture books Haiku Apples CSA farms Championing small farmers Seasons Handmade pottery...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Nov 30, 2010 | Standing In The Shadows
We hit the road—and made it back home. The actual journey involved the highway, but it might as well have been the Oz mantra, tap your heels together three times, because being elsewhere was magical and being home again is kind of magical, too. We tend to take...
