Month: January 2009
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A Sporadic Interlude.
Aidan is sleeping, and Vincent is thoroughly absorbed in cutting newspaper into itty-bitty pieces with his little scissors — one of a few sporadic interludes of quiet time I manage each day. It could end at any second, though — we have squirrels running around in our ceilings, between the 2nd & 3rd floors, egads […]
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Good Times.
Emma commented below something to the effect that she doesn’t know how I do it all. And my reply is, I don’t. The lion’s share of my time right now is spent taking care of Aidan and Vincent. I’ve taken notes for poems, actually read some books of poems, but I haven’t even picked up […]
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From Not for Mothers Only:.
From Not for Mothers Only: Contemporary Poems on Child-Getting & Child-Rearing, edited by Catherine Wagner & Rebecca Wolff: Cesarean Now the irises rage light, spiked tongues at the hospital window Inside the body’s solarium light shrinks to cold flat stone How I would like to just unravel Through glass, cut leaves curl like fingers in […]
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Collected Poets Series, Jan. Edition.
Our first event of 2009, and it promises to be an exciting night — c-section or no, you can bet I’m not missing this! On Thursday, Jan. 8, at 7:30 p.m., the Collected Poets Series presents Art & Poetry in Motion: Jeffrey Levine, prizewinning poet and editor, whose latest collection is Rumor of Cortez, and […]
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Momentary Calm.
Last Sunday I got further than I’ve ever managed on the NYT Sunday crossword puzzle, primarily because I spent the day working on it as I huffed through contractions, unable to concentrate on anything beyond the Sunday paper. This Sunday, I’ve haven’t had the time to read more than a section or two of the […]
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Happy New Year!
Aidan Revello Gauthier born via c-section, 7:57am December 29, 2008 8 lbs. 3 oz. 20 3/4 in.
Marie Gauthier 