The Journal Continues…

Photograph copyright Rob Amberg 2020. Photograph courtesy of the Photographer.

So this may be my favorite picture of me of all time. I am about four years old and am holding the infamous jumping cat belonging to Granny Dell. I remember Rob Amburg walking around the corner of Dell’s porch, dropping to one knee, and taking this picture.

I feel like I am living in many separate multiverses all at once.  Raising a teenager, getting a promotion, reaching middle age, trying to do my part to pass on an important aspect of my fading culture…all of these can be overwhelming during a normal year.  But put it all together, mix it up and throw it under the umbrella of a PANDEMIC?!  Well, duck and cover is about the best you can do.  Although I have fallen a bit behind in my POSTING, mother and I have continued her mentoring, my apprenticing, and our meetings.  When we first conceived of this project, we were so excited to do this knee-to-knee thing right.  My mother is, and has always been, a little twitchy.  She likes to be doing or going all the time and to pin her down is something of a feat.  Knee-to-knee and social distancing do NOT belong in the same sentence.  The attempts at zoom, the phone calls, the emails, the texts, and the bundling up to meet outdoors during one of the most frigid and LONG winters ever sort of wore us down a bit.  But Spring is on its way and we are feeling a familiar (and WELCOME) rush of inspiration.  We have had the recent opportunity to sit on the porch comfortably and stare at each other, as it were.  So it is back to business and full speed ahead! Please stay tuned!