Revelry Reverie

Excuse me while I update my about me page.

You need clowns to make a three-Ring circus. I’m lucky to have them, and quite frankly they’re lucky to have me too 😂

Grant drew a picture of me for mother’s day, and if it isn’t the most incredible likeness. I especially like the rainbow dress, and that he made my hair both brown and purple. Lots of fun details in this, like the “a” in “Grant” becoming a happy sun.

I took the kids to see our friends a few towns away today, and it was balm for my soul. My friend Brittany said that she would like to read my parenting book with chapters such as “I don’t accept the premise,” “benevolent neglect,” and “the apocalypse, but happy.” The kids played beautifully together, and…

Here are 40 things that have helped me be who I happen to be today, on the 40th anniversary of my glorious entrance to the world! They may have limited efficacy for you, but you are most welcome to try to absorb some of this hard-won wisdom! We’ll start with the absolutely most important stuff.…

During my first call of the day I heard what I thought was a motorcycle outside (or at least a moped), but it actually turned out to be my new best friend, Giant Bee! He has been falling out of the skylights quite a bit and landed in my hair only once (I forgive him!!),…

Eleanor writes and recites poetry a lot lately, and if you’ve been following along she’s quite good. She remembers ones she writes at school and will recite them when we get home. This one she dashed off this evening. I look at you, and you wink at me. Flying high in the sky so very…

Hi Darth, hi, yep, come on in and sit down. Do you go by Darth, or Anaki… oh, it’s Lord? Vader? Ok. No, that’s fine. Is that an ancestral landholding, or … oh it’s just something Palpatine said? Ok. Yeah, haha, we don’t argue with him, huh? Haha, anyway, let’s get started. I’ve been pulling…

Grant and I are sketching the guinea pigs. He works with a complete lack of fear, with total confidence. Very free lines and a real joy. He’s written “Hurricane” and “Grant” and “Mom Ring” as one does.

I really love geometric shapes and repeating patterns that are complicated but simple (I have a hard to adequately explaining this). Arabic tiling is especially inspiring, and if you examine these ancient world tile and mosque decorations from across Africa and the Middle East, there’s this breathtaking range of beauty. Some patterns are very simple,…