(Why am I naming days?) 12/29/14, Day 14,518 (Mercena Day 136): The Night is Long Unless You Sing This Song This day is so named for the evolving lullaby epic that I sing to Mercena to help her sleep. Early on, she developed a real love for the “Go to sleep, little baby” song from OContinue reading “The Night is Long Unless You Sing This Song”
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Mercena’s First Sea
(Why am I naming days?) 12/28/14, Day 14,517 (Mercena Day 135): Mercena’s First Sea It would have been a big enough day already if she had only seen the ocean for the first time. We’re staying with my parents on Cape Cod for the holiday, and Mercena had slept through our previous jaunts to theContinue reading “Mercena’s First Sea”
Little Trains Tug On
LITTLE TRAINS TUG ON I daydreamed on the train today That my child was grown and saw me Surrounded by all these plays I’ve made Like an old lady surrounded by miniature trains On handmade tracks pulling through miniature towns To painted stations. She points things out, the old lady, All the careful details ofContinue reading “Little Trains Tug On”
First Preview for Once Upon a Bride
(Why am I naming days?) 12/6/14, Day 14,095 (Mercena Day 113): First Preview for Once Upon a Bride It’s been over a month since I posted here. As Heather has been directing Once Upon a Bride There Was a Forest, I’ve been the sole caretaker for Mercena most nights and much of the weekends. At around the sameContinue reading “First Preview for Once Upon a Bride“
Corinna Schulenburg 