it’s not okay yet
My girls have lost their Dad. This is a delicate family event to share, and I do so cautiously and with deep love. It’s not always easy, or rather, it does not always feel genuine and honest, to tell my…
Lazy W Marie
Carpeing all the diems in semi-rural Oklahoma...xoxo
Lazy W Marie
Carpeing all the diems in semi-rural Oklahoma...xoxo
quarantine farm facelift & a love letter to my man
When you pull up to our east facing front gate, you will now see giant, three-dimensional acrylic letters, cobalt blue, on the left. They spell out “Lazy W” and our house number. On the right you will see a vertical…
42 things I have been meaning to say to Angela
For my first sibling Angela, on your 42nd birthday… Everyone who calls you friend feels deep-down lucky, me included. You were an especially beautiful baby, I could see it even as a little girl. You were a bright, glowy orb…
cashews, watermelon, & ancient stoic wisdom
Do you ever wake up and think, Man from now on I will live off of cashews and watermelon. Just send me outside, that’s all I need. Summer is taking hold here now, and I have these moments often. My…
a few coping exercises
Hello again, friend, and happy Sunday! According to my journal, we are at day 64 of the quarantine in Oklahoma. It has been a curving, intuitive, stumbling walk through unfamiliar woods, right? With a few bumps and scrapes along the…