thailand 2005

I think this little girl's name was mai {i didn't know her that well, she wasn't one of my students, but i remember playing card games with her and playing with our umbrellas in the rain}.
I called her nong mai.
She called me pii ni kay laaa.

pentax k1000

{more time and place}

some friends

{these guys}

**

two movies that stole my heart this weekend: one, two.

this was wonderful.

played with little cousins outside; explored the farm.

they are setting up farris wheels and merry-go-rounds downtown.

the sun broke through the rain.

x x x

happy easter!!!
happy gathering and feasting and chocolate egg hunting!

xx

reflect

we can only see in part.
imagination is key to living.
fragment.
a tease.
the sky's been beautiful these days, even the grey days.

"mirror in the sky."
{reminds me of this song,
which reminds me of this girl.}

xxx

/\

these easter days:
picnic with her
thai food in the corner restaurant,
to celebrate the end of studying.
green in jars starting to grow roots.
breakfast with them {animal sounds and ketchup}
herb and garlic bread and two kinds of cheese.
looking at houses with front porches.


ps.
get dressed:
one
two

twirl

winnipeg 1985

my parents.
those glasses!
those aprons!

i love that they are pretending to be serious in this photo but you can see the laughter behind their eyes. proud of their canned jam {and relish? or salsa?}

too funny.

xxx


notes:
- i liked this speech lots.
- i liked this hair
- happy palm sunday.
-"to be young and in love and swinging" my husband lived in Seoul and we loved this interview and giggled a little when we read it.
- i love these street images. sitting and talking. leaning and smoking. the mixing of voices. the colliding of lives.

stripe

{more}

~ ~ ~ ~ ~

going to watch this girl dance tonight.

excited.

thailand 2006

those eyelashes.
my hand.
pentax k1000.

sentire {to feel}

“When we reflect that sentence means, literally, ‘a way of thinking’ (latin: sententia) and that it comes from the latin sentire (to feel), we realize that the concepts of sentence and sentence structure are not merely grammatical or merely academic –not negligible in any sense. A sentence is both the opportunity and the limit of thought –what we have to think with and what we have to think in.” –Wendell Berry

cheveux

hers,
and mine.

ps. started my french class yesterday. loved it. made friends.
pps. finished all my papers and exams for this semester! feel like i'm floating.
ppps. strange confession: this song brought tears to my eyes in the car today. heee heee. so funny when that happens totally random like that. oh k'naan.

oxford 2010

punting. pringles. wine. beer.
i am wearing thoms hoodie and look like i am rolling my eyes, but thom makes the photo awesome with his hat and dimple.

photo: chris. point and shoot digital.

{germany, nigera}

t.b.j.

good things like tea and bread and jam.
they are very important these days.


sixth photo: princeton 2008. hil. night snack (toast)

Nigeria 1980(ish)

my mumma in Nigeria with a brand new baby.
a few years before i was born.
{isn't she so beautiful? i love her sandals!}

jouets

not having the greatest day . . .
posting these photos to cheer myself up.
we placed these little guys amongst the green flower stems on every table for this shower. i loved it. it looked like they were in their natural habitat, traipsing along through the green, peeking out in the clearings, camouflaged.

o.w.