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Tututorial

When I hear or read the words “no sew” my eyes grow bright and my heart swells with hope. Recently, I came across instructions for a no-sew tutu. I resolved to make one for Beatrix because nothing is more darling than a baby girl in yards and yards of tulle with a big satin bow. […]

Once

This past Monday, the kids and I travelled to Grand Junction for a brief getaway to my parents’ house. It is a short 250 miles over sublime mountain passes, arid tumbleweed-infested expanses, redrock canyons, and fertile green valleys.

We moved there from Denver when I was six. My parents have lived in the same […]

In the room, while I waited

I was in a pre-surgical prep room. It was a beige-walled cell with motel room art and an institutional TV perched high in a corner. It was cold. The nurse told me to change into the greengray gown draped over the bed. I was to take all jewelry off and put it into the small […]