We have such creative friends and family! Here are today's submissions:
Elisa Sims:
all packed up for
moving day, Penske arrives
Utah here we come!
seventy-four degrees--
sunny. Cottonwood blooms like
snow out my window.
Bradley Bryan:
floating, eyes open
life undulating in waves
I am hushed by awe.
Elizabeth Bertelsen:
Butterfly spreads bright wings
Touch azure sky fly fast and free
Nature is wise teacher
Lucy Fox:
I miss you through time
I love you across distance
Friendship does not fade
A little sister
Sam will be the big brother
And two proud parents
Janet Stone:
I walk in pain now.
A new hip fortnight away.
I eagerly wait.
Paul Holimon:
the worst is over,
the wreckage strewn about the
house. zane was bathed here.
Rick Hughes:
Sure sounds fun to me
Though I really do not care
See something good...share!
See the little fish
frozen in the ice so cold
like fish sticks I'm told.
What's that on your face
it looks like a little spot
hope that it's not snot!
Katie Ward:
"Haikus are easy
But sometimes they don't make sense
Refrigerator."--Threadless T-shirt
May 27, 2008
May 26, 2008
Haiku Contest
I have a love of haiku. I don't think anyone really knew this until now. When I was in grad school (linguistics) I read a lot of Basho and some Issa.
Anyway, on a knitting blog I frequent, the writer was having a Summer Haiku Contest to win an Ipod shuffle. I entered this haiku:
Greenest green wet grass
Sweet sticky melted ice cream
Dripping on my toes.
Unforunately, I do not have an Ipod sitting around to give away, but I would like to challenge any reader of this blog to enter a Summer Haiku by emailing me at bethellen@beewrite.com
All will be published and our favorites (Keith, Sam and I are the judges) will receive a special something in the mail.
Write, my friends!!!
Anyway, on a knitting blog I frequent, the writer was having a Summer Haiku Contest to win an Ipod shuffle. I entered this haiku:
Greenest green wet grass
Sweet sticky melted ice cream
Dripping on my toes.
Unforunately, I do not have an Ipod sitting around to give away, but I would like to challenge any reader of this blog to enter a Summer Haiku by emailing me at bethellen@beewrite.com
All will be published and our favorites (Keith, Sam and I are the judges) will receive a special something in the mail.
Write, my friends!!!
May 24, 2008
Sam's Mouth
Sam says and does things that cause us to spit out our drinks, choke on our food, and laugh until we cry. Here are just a few short episodes:
1. Although I am feeling like crap, I managed to bathe and find some freshish smelling clothes and go to the Alpaca Fiber Show in Sandy with Kathy last week. An alpaca is like a small llama and they produce fleece that makes really nice wool (the blue blanket I knitted was from South American alpaca wool).
The show was in a huge convention center and was filled to the brim with alpacas. They are really adorable and friendly animals. Of course, Sam hardly noticed them, which seemed impossible because there was nothing in this enormous room (2 football fields maybe?) but alpacas! He did notice every single blasted electrical outlet, every pipe in the ceiling, every golf cart and discovered some weird little contraption which was a train of coolers with a motor and a guy to sit on the first one to steer. He then required lengthy explanations of each.
I really thought he had not even SEEN an alpaca until we got home. During storytime he was playing with my hair and said, "Mommy, your hair is beautiful, just like the alpacas."
2. Nona gave Sam a T-ball stand when she was here in April and he enjoys playing with it. It rained most of this week, so today was the first in many when we could play outside. While we were in the living room putting on shoes, Keith said, "Ok, Sam! Let's go find your T-ball!" Sam jumped up excitedly and said, "I'm going to get the T-ball!" However, instead of running to the back door, he ran to the kitchen and started rummaging around in the drawers. We kept trying to tell him that we don't keep the T-balls in the kitchen, but he would even more frantically slam a drawer and open the next. Just as we were about to drag everyone outside, he produced a TEA BALL, for loose tea, from the drawer.
After wiping our eyes from poorly stifled hysterical laughter, he was really disappointed that we didn't make tea and forced him outside to play T-ball.
3. Not to wallow, but I am extremely green these days, much more than I was with Sam. I spend a lot of time on the couch reading Sam stories and doing things that don't entail smelling things in the kitchen. Waves of nausea almost knock me over. Sam understands that I am not feeling well and spent the better part of the morning in his kitchen creating an anti-nausea cake for me. The
Sushi Wasabi Bacon Oil Tomato Zucchini Chocolate Cake was born. I had to take a few deep breaths to even write the name of this curative concoction. All day he brought me "pieces" and described the whole cake every time. "It will make you feel better, Mommy."
There are more, of course. I can't keep up with them. I'm also unusually ditzy right now (shut up). Last week I left my groceries at the grocery store and lost an entire district of Salt Lake City where I normally go 4-5 times a week - I found the Twilight Zone instead.
1. Although I am feeling like crap, I managed to bathe and find some freshish smelling clothes and go to the Alpaca Fiber Show in Sandy with Kathy last week. An alpaca is like a small llama and they produce fleece that makes really nice wool (the blue blanket I knitted was from South American alpaca wool).
The show was in a huge convention center and was filled to the brim with alpacas. They are really adorable and friendly animals. Of course, Sam hardly noticed them, which seemed impossible because there was nothing in this enormous room (2 football fields maybe?) but alpacas! He did notice every single blasted electrical outlet, every pipe in the ceiling, every golf cart and discovered some weird little contraption which was a train of coolers with a motor and a guy to sit on the first one to steer. He then required lengthy explanations of each.
I really thought he had not even SEEN an alpaca until we got home. During storytime he was playing with my hair and said, "Mommy, your hair is beautiful, just like the alpacas."
2. Nona gave Sam a T-ball stand when she was here in April and he enjoys playing with it. It rained most of this week, so today was the first in many when we could play outside. While we were in the living room putting on shoes, Keith said, "Ok, Sam! Let's go find your T-ball!" Sam jumped up excitedly and said, "I'm going to get the T-ball!" However, instead of running to the back door, he ran to the kitchen and started rummaging around in the drawers. We kept trying to tell him that we don't keep the T-balls in the kitchen, but he would even more frantically slam a drawer and open the next. Just as we were about to drag everyone outside, he produced a TEA BALL, for loose tea, from the drawer.
After wiping our eyes from poorly stifled hysterical laughter, he was really disappointed that we didn't make tea and forced him outside to play T-ball.
3. Not to wallow, but I am extremely green these days, much more than I was with Sam. I spend a lot of time on the couch reading Sam stories and doing things that don't entail smelling things in the kitchen. Waves of nausea almost knock me over. Sam understands that I am not feeling well and spent the better part of the morning in his kitchen creating an anti-nausea cake for me. The
Sushi Wasabi Bacon Oil Tomato Zucchini Chocolate Cake was born. I had to take a few deep breaths to even write the name of this curative concoction. All day he brought me "pieces" and described the whole cake every time. "It will make you feel better, Mommy."
There are more, of course. I can't keep up with them. I'm also unusually ditzy right now (shut up). Last week I left my groceries at the grocery store and lost an entire district of Salt Lake City where I normally go 4-5 times a week - I found the Twilight Zone instead.
May 19, 2008
End of a hard day for the cowboys.
Dad and Cowboy Shane.
Ranch Vittles
After the branding of 154 calves, Aunt Pam served up a huge spread which included flank steak and fried turkey.
Cowboy Dad
Dad holds the calf down while Pam goes in for the branding.
Burning hair and flesh.
Branding Day at the Ranch
After the calves (about 154) were separated from their mothers, the cowboys roped them around their feet and dragged them across the corral to where the branding, vaccinating, and castrating took place.
Dad participated and thoroughly enjoyed the whole day.
May 18, 2008
May 16, 2008
Gramps and Jimmy Visit!
Gramps and Jimmy arrived in Salt Lake City only for us to quickly jump in the car and head to southern Utah. We took some amazing walks as you will see. We also stayed at in Boulder, UT at the Boulder Mountain Lodge and ate breakfast and dinners at the famous Hell's Backbone Grill. It has been a fabulous week!
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