all in a day’s work

I once had a roommate who bragged she had never done a day’s work in her life. Over Thanksgiving, while pondering my life list of all the things I’m grateful for, I realized one of the things I was most thankful for was work. Work conjures visceral love/hate responses. It shows off our strengths, reveals [...]

Looking up

See that woman in the middle? The one alone With the white hat and broom Head down, sweeping Or digging, maybe. That has been me. Focused on the depth of snow in front of me And my need to dig out. Oblivious To the boisterous gathering over there And to the snow-stuck wagon behind me, [...]

The Privilege of Being a Mormon Woman

This post is mistitled. It should read The Privilege of Being a Middle Class (American-Mormon) Married Woman. I admit that up front. We marry. We have a baby. We breastfeed them and change diapers. We potty train them and squish play dough. Then we walk them to school, and drive them to lessons. We usually [...]

Hating laundry? Read this.

I came across this letter from a pioneer woman to her daughter while visiting the Smithfield historical museum with my children. It’s an instructive letter on how to do laundry. I loved it so much that I took a photo of the transcription, typed it up, framed it, and hung it next to my washer [...]

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