Tag: Eulogy

  • Home and Away

    Home and Away

    It was just before 5am and the natural light outside was barely enough for my eyes to train in on the upper right corner of our entryway soffit. I opened the front door about three and a half inches and cast a wary look upon the slumbering waspitality suite that had been built so skillfully…

  • Tripping the Lights… FANTASTIC

    Tripping the Lights… FANTASTIC

    My husband and I arrived early to the concert hall and had only settled into our thoughtfully selected barstools for about 15 minutes before her laughter sliced the air with its mocking tone.  With a nervous system too highly calibrated for such sounds, I remember my shoulders shooting up and my neck pulling downward as…

  • Surface Tension

    Surface Tension

    She vigorously moved the whisk with overt confidence, agitating the mixture as she explained, “I want to bring out all those beautiful, unctuous qualities.”  Oooooo, unctuous, what an interesting sounding word, what exactly does it mean? I have always loved learning new words. And for as long as I can remember, I have read with…