Rilke on Writing

"Search for the reason that bids you to write; find out whether it is spreading out its roots in the deepest places of your heart, acknowledge to yourself whether you would have to die if it were denied you to write.  This above all-- ask yourself in the stillest hour of the night: must I write?  Delve into yourself for a deep answer.  And if this should be affirmative, if you may meet this ernest question with a strong and simple, "I must," then build your life according to this necessity; your life even into its most indifferent and slightest hour must be a sign of this urge and a testimony to it." 


~Rainer Maria Rilke in a letter to Franz Xaver Kappus, February 17, 1903

How Will You Manage?

How will you manage
To cross alone
The autumn mountain
Which was so hard to get across
Even when we went the two of us together?
~Princess Daihaku

Happy Mother's Day

Sweat·er  [swet-er] --noun

1. (a) garment worn by (a) child when its mother is feeling chilly.  

~Ambrose Bierce

H a p p y  M o t h e r ' s  D a y!

Mom circa 1981

Mom and my brother, Ryan

Erin, Ryan, me, and Mom

Happy 40th Anniversary Mom and Dad!

Yesterday, May 7, 2011, was a milestone in my parent's lives-- they celebrated their fortieth anniversary of marriage together.  They're in Texas for the weekend visiting my aunt and uncle, but I wanted to give them a shout out on my blog.  These two pictures are from their wedding day.  How cute are they?!?

H A P P Y  A N N I V E R S A R Y  M O M & D A D !

Caution in Love

"Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness."
~Bertrand Russell

We'll See...

I spent the afternoon watching Charlie Wilson's War.  Just heard the news that they killed Osama bin Laden.


It made me think of this quote from the movie:

There's a little boy and on his 14th birthday he gets a horse... and everybody in the village says, "How wonderful. The boy got a horse." And the Zen Master says, "We'll see." Two years later, the boy falls off the horse, breaks his leg, and everyone in the village says, "How terrible." And the Zen Master says, "We'll see." Then, a war breaks out and all the young men have to go off and fight... except the boy can't 'cause his legs (are) all messed up. And everybody in the village says, "How wonderful."

And the Zen Master says, "We'll see." 

I'm in Vogue!

I've been meaning to post this for a while, but time seems to have gotten away from me.

If you happened to pick up the March issue of American Vogue, you might have seen me in an advertisement for QVC and Mally Cosmetics.


Of course, you might not have seen me either, as I'm not really the focus of the photo.  But, yep, that's me...  The behind-the-scene shots from the December shoot can be seen here.

We have a Son. His Name is Spork.

I think these letterpress cards by Sapling Press are too cute! (via Oh Captain, My Captain)