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Grindelwald, Switzerland: In Photos
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Baby Boy
Right now the side of his face rests against my belly, skin to skin, his warmth magnified by mine. It is a wonder, an absolute awe-filled thing, that just days ago he was on the other side of me, tucked away and unseeable, a secret. Elliot. Elliot with the head full of hair. Elliot with the fifty-eight eyelashes. Elliot with the rounded nose that dips into rounded cheeks that slope to the tiny chin that quivers when he cries, lifts when he smiles in his sleep. A landscape. Elliot. Tiny boy so like and unlike all the other boys who have been born before. So like and unlike whatever small person I imagined my own son to be. Perfection is a rare if not impossible thing, but how could he not be, right now, so young, so soft, exactly as he is here, breathing in and out, making the sounds that all mothers and fathers know as first-speak. Secrets. He is revealing them to me, unspooling them by the minute, by the number of his sighs, and they tangle around my legs and body until I am war
Strasbourg, France: In Photos
Full disclosure: these were taken in the fall. But...it's pretty much the same scene here right now. Another winter of minimal snow. Not complaining. But stark and strange and dreamy. Oh, Minnesota.
ReplyDeleteI want to be standing under that full moon in that field. I think that's the sign of a good picture. :) Very pretty!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Lisa!
DeleteSnow covering the ground here in southern Minnesota with fresh falling this past weekend.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful, poetic images, as always, Emily.
Yes, as soon as I posted these, the snow came. That is how it works in our dear state. :)
DeleteMy favorite is the last. I can just hear the grass whispering, "Goodnight, moon." We're in our yo-yo season. Warm, then cold, then warm again, until spring truly comes. There's nothing like living where the warmth of the Gulf and the cold north winds battle it out every year!
ReplyDeleteIn re: other matters, I woke up this morning not having a clue who won the Super Bowl. What was I doing while this prime cultural event was taking place? Why -- writing, of course.
Happy spring, happy teaching and happy family to you.
Ha! I was the exact same with the Super Bowl this year. Normally I'm not quite that oblivious, especially being surrounded by students who do care, but there has just been too much else to preoccupy me lately.
DeleteGlad you like the photos. That moon! It brought me right up into the sky.
beautiful photos in this and the previous post! Thanks for visiting my blog
ReplyDeleteThanks, CGP!
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