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https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2014/10/102614_30.html 3x3x365: 10/26/14 Hendersonville, NC These are outside my office window, shooting off stars, holding sunlight, ripening. ******************... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2015/08/073115.html 3x3x365: 07/31/15 Hendersonville, NC Evidently it rained one year ago today. *****************************************************************... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2012/10/101912.html 3x3x365: 10/19/12 Asheville, NC Today was magical. Seeing Douglas Parsons again and meeting his mom, Sylvia who made me three CDs she called "... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2014/10/10914.html 3x3x365: 10/9/14 Hendersonville, NC Emma's cat, Georgia O'Keeffe, has been with us for a few years now while Emma finishes college. Tess loves her... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2013/02/21813.html 3x3x365: 2/18/13 Asheville, NC When I started doing keynote speeches, I asked a friend to help me emote more. "I need to move my arms more, or somet... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2012/11/11812.html 3x3x365: 11/8/12 Asheville, NC I was cleaning out my desk drawer when I came upon this list. Baby names John and I brainstormed when I was... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2015/03/030515.html 3x3x365: 03/05/15 Hendersonville, NC He knows how much I love a fire. He kept this one going for hours and hours today for me. *************... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2011/10/101711.html 3x3x365: 10/17/11 https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2011/10/102211.html 3x3x365: 10/22/11 Asheville, NC Today the lake offered up fog and serenity and the feeling of being still while moving. My friend Kichom used to talk to me... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2014/01/12814.html 3x3x365: 1/28/14 Hendersonville,NC I first read Mockingbird to Tess aloud at bedtime over the course of a week or so. She loved it. A 10-year-... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2011/05/51911.html 3x3x365: 5/19/11 Asheville, NC This was a hugely satisfying meal. Asparagus. Arugula. Tomato. Pecorino. Simple ingredients. Eaten alone after a day of ... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2015/06/061315_18.html 3x3x365: 06/13/15 Hendersonville, NC My days have been full of dizziness lately. Today, I nearly passed out at the grocery store with a pulse ... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2012/11/11312.html 3x3x365: 11/3/12 Asheville, NC Sometimes you need to tap into the brains and hearts of people you trust and let them help you. ************... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2013/02/21913.html 3x3x365: 2/19/13 Asheville, NC The old dark wallpaper put up by previous owners is now gone. My bathroom walls are now this color, the col... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2014/12/121514.html 3x3x365: 12/15/14 Hendersonville, NC Recently Tess' bedtime has become a 2 hour process, which is sometimes really hard. That time is often sh... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2011/07/72711.html 3x3x365: 7/27/11 Asheville, NC Road trip with Emma. We call them our Thelma and Louise road trips. Without the drugs, sex, violence, rock and roll, of co... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2015/06/060815.html 3x3x365: 06/08/15 Hendersonville, NC This photo is from four years ago, just before Tess was diagnosed with Asperger's, and four years before ... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2013/02/2513.html 3x3x365: 2/5/13 Asheville, NC I am out in the world, taking field notes. ********************************************************************... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2013/03/32713.html 3x3x365: 3/27/13 Asheville, NC I'm guessing those large gaping holes are where they took out the gluten. **********************************... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2012/02/22212.html 3x3x365: 2/22/12 Asheville, NC I saw this old photo today as I scrolled through iPhoto looking for something else. And it stopped me. For all the challen... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2015/05/050415.html 3x3x365: 05/04/15 Hendersonville, NC A friend from high school died a few months ago, and the rest of us wanted to remember him in some special w... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2012/05/52912.html 3x3x365: 5/29/12 Asheville, NC At bedtime, she makes sure everyone has a place to sleep. A shell, a bottle cap, a matchbox. A bed watched ov... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2015/08/080215.html 3x3x365: 08/02/15 Hendersonville, NC Sometimes we try to hoard what has been poured into us, and sometimes--thankfully--we are willing to tip over ... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2011/12/121111.html 3x3x365: 12/11/11 Asheville, NC I love having her home. ************************************************************************************* South Be... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2011/03/32711.html 3x3x365: 3/27/11 Asheville, NC "Would you bring me a red bear?" Tess asked as I left for Hastings, Nebraska. "And NOT one that is holding something like... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2012/05/52712.html 3x3x365: 5/27/12 Asheville, NC A preacher in a church near my hometown preached a sermon of hate against my LGBTQI friends, suggesting they... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2011/12/12211.html 3x3x365: 12/2/11 Asheville, NC The countdown has officially begun evidently. I will find a drawing of Santa every day until the 25th, I'm sure. A subtle... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2011/09/9311.html 3x3x365: 9/3/11 Asheville, NC I found the top of my desk today. It has been a while. I've been writing books for the past few years on the dining room... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2014/08/73114.html 3x3x365: 7/31/14 Hendersonville, NC Emma is leaving to go back to college this weekend, so John and I took our last Errand Date today while s... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2012/11/111512.html 3x3x365: 11/15/12 Asheville, NC I love these menus by Tess so much, for all they say about priorities and relative value of things. P.S. A n... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2012/01/11712.html 3x3x365: 1/17/12 Asheville, NC Tess let me borrow her favorite pencil today. ***************************************************************************... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2015/06/061915.html 3x3x365: 06/19/15 Hendersonville, NC I was at Ingle's Grocery Store today and felt, as I have been feeling lately, so dizzy and sick. I really... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2013/09/91913.html 3x3x365: 9/19/13 Asheville, NC The shortest distance between two people is a story. **********************************************************... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2013/03/32313.html 3x3x365: 3/23/13 Asheville, NC If you come to visit, I hope you'll bring enough tickets. **************************************************... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2015/03/032815.html 3x3x365: 03/28/15 Hendersonville, NC I read nearly all day today. With a companion by my side. It was luscious. ************************... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2013/01/123112.html 3x3x365: 12/31/12 Asheville, NC A quiet New Year's Eve is the best. Tess requested to stay up for the first time, and of course we said yes. She... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2014/02/22314.html 3x3x365: 2/23/14 Hendersonville, NC I slept a lot today. ************************************************************************************... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2011/04/42911.html 3x3x365: 4/29/11 Asheville, NC Theirs was not the only Royal Wedding today. Sure, they had Beckham and his pouty twig woman of a wife there, and they had ... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2011/11/112811.html 3x3x365: 11/28/11 Asheville, NC I love chilly rainy days. I adore them. I love the sheen of them, the weight of them. Mostly I love staying inside during t... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2011/12/121011.html 3x3x365: 12/10/11 Asheville, NC I saw this bike parked outside a yarn shop in Asheville, and wanted it immediately. Ah, to cover the world--and bikes--wi... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2011/10/10711.html 3x3x365: 10/7/11 Oradell, NJ Five or so years ago, I was at an exercise conference in NY. I was a Spinning Instructor looking for continuing educati... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2013/06/6813.html 3x3x365: 6/8/13 Asheville, NC We started the day at Wink, with Tess getting a haircut from her buddy, Jordan Carlson. A faux-hawk! The post of... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2014/08/8914.html 3x3x365: 8/9/14 Hendersonville, NC If I could live on one tomato for a year, my plan for growing my own food is a complete success! *****... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2012/12/122912.html 3x3x365: 12/29/12 Asheville, NC A friend and her family was having a Big Day yesterday, and when I heard that, I decided we should cook dinner for ... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2013/06/61713_18.html 3x3x365: 6/17/13 Asheville, NC Tess was having a big "thunderstorm," one that looked endless. Full of what looks like rage. Loud screaming. And more.... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2014/05/52414.html 3x3x365: 5/24/14 Hendersonville, NC Perry has wanted a little friend for a long time. Now he has two. ***********************************... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2014/02/2414.html 3x3x365: 2/4/14 Hendersonville, NC Luff you. Texts from Emma. *******************************************************************************... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2012/05/5212.html 3x3x365: 5/2/12 Asheville, NC John came home from taking Tess to school this morning, and sat down across from me. "Her desk is by itself n... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2012/11/111112_12.html 3x3x365: 11/11/12 Asheville, NC Laughter heals. *************************************************************************************************... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2011/11/11711.html 3x3x365: 11/7/11 Asheville, NC I parked at the YWCA today, turned to open my door, and this is what I saw. What a miraculous world, these colors, all ... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2013/04/42513.html 3x3x365: 4/24/13 Asheville, NC After a too-long hiatus, I suited up for a walk at what I call Low Blood Pressure Lake. The Duck family met me there... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2011/05/52711.html 3x3x365: 5/27/11 Asheville, NC A lot has happened this week, death and dying among them. In the midst of it all, I've been traveling, a new place every n... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2012/06/6112.html 3x3x365: 6/1/12 Asheville, NC Perhaps you've missed the Nyan Cat craze on the interweb machine. A cat with a pop tart body that trails (or... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2012/09/92412.html 3x3x365: 9/24/12 Asheville, NC As I left for my reading at the NC Center for the Advancement of Teaching an hour from here, Tess said I WA... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2012/08/8112.html 3x3x365: 8/1/12 Asheville, NC Tess had a tough day today, and a sunset walk on the beach seemed to help. It calmed her. And this is the la... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2011/09/92511.html 3x3x365: 9/25/11 Asheville, NC There is much I love about this photograph. Candy corn as topping for a fancy ricotta cheesecake with a crust made of rai... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2015/08/080915.html 3x3x365: 08/09/15 South Bend, IN Sheila and I went on south from Indianapolis to visit friends who moved from South Bend to Ferdinand - a f... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2011/07/71111.html 3x3x365: 7/11/11 Asheville, NC Our dog, Blue, is 14 years old. He's half Jack Russell Terrier and half St. Bernard. (I'll give you a moment to imagine tha... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2014/08/81014_12.html 3x3x365: 8/10/14 Hendersonville, NC It turns out, the road trip with her dad was just too much for Tess, so we sent him off with Pink Bunny inst... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2012/07/7112.html 3x3x365: 7/1/12 Asheville, NC Life is complex with Tess. Not complicated, but complex. And with her, a hamster is never just a hamster. It... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2014/09/91214.html 3x3x365: 9/12/14 Hendersonville, NC A lot of times when Tess asks me to do something, I am in the middle of working and say, "Just a minute,"... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2015/08/081515.html 3x3x365: 08/15/15 Hendersonville, NC If I were a day of the week, I would hope for Saturdays. *********************************************... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/ 3x3x365 Three Friends. Three States. Sharing One Photo Every Day. https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2014/05/51114.html 3x3x365: 5/11/14 Hendersonville, NC Mother's Day. A call with my mom, John's mom, and breakfast cooked by the girls with John. And these card... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2012/01/11612.html 3x3x365: 1/16/12 Asheville, NC The excavation of Tess' room is complete. The scotch tape is all in one place. There is a drawer just for paper. The sti... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2013/11/110413.html 3x3x365: 11/04/13 Hendersonviile, NC I plead the fifth. ***************************************************************************************... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2012/03/3812.html 3x3x365: 3/8/12 Asheville, NC I have found my role model for when I'm in my 80s. I will be like Iris Apfel then. Bright, colorful, layered, beaded, indiv... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2012/01/12612.html 3x3x365: 1/26/12 Asheville, NC Tess is enamored of toothpicks recently. John bought two boxes of them for something he was creating and she took a bunch... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2015/04/042915.html 3x3x365: 04/29/15 Hendersonville, NC I spent time in the garden today, noticing. ************************************************************... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2013/03/31813.html 3x3x365: 3/18/13 Asheville, NC In looking for a few particular photographs today, I came across this from two years ago. There is so much he... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2011/12/121411.html 3x3x365: 12/14/11 Asheville, NC I look over at her at dinner and my heart fills up. It is inexplicable and unrelenting and magical, this love. **********... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2011/10/103011.html 3x3x365: 10/30/11 Asheville, NC Orange. An unexpectedly large smile. A burst of surprise and happiness. So simple. Simpler than expected, loved more tha... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2011/06/61911.html 3x3x365: 6/19/11 Asheville, NC Father's Day. Always a day to remember my father , gone these past 31 years and remembered with such love, always. And for t... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2012/02/2112.html 3x3x365: 2/1/12 Asheville, NC I am in love with the subtitle. Let the triathlons begin! *****************************************************************... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2013/12/122113.html 3x3x365: 12/21/13 Hendersonville, NC I met Tamara Bailie on a book tour. I had met her online before that, after my book, Life is a Verb , ca... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2014/11/111614.html 3x3x365: 11/16/14 Hendersonville, NC I bought this owl from the Camp store as a gift for myself when Camp ended, to remind me of the time there. ... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2011/03/31411.html 3x3x365: 3/14/11 Asheville, NC Sometimes our boots just sit and wait. And sometimes they stomp. *******************************************************... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2011/06/6311.html 3x3x365: 6/3/11 Asheville, NC Every year, I wait with great anticipation for these hydrangeas to turn their beautiful, old-fashioned blue. I adore blue ... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2011/11/111011.html 3x3x365: 11/10/11 Asheville, NC After my work ended here in Hastings today, I went to the Blue Moon coffee shop to see my friend, Betsy, before driving t... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2012/01/1812.html 3x3x365: 1/8/12 Asheville, NC Suddenly a text appeared on my phone. I laughed out loud when I saw it. And knew immediately that I was about to experien... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2011/04/4411.html 3x3x365: 4/4/11 Asheville, NC Every month I host a "Bridging Differences Book Group" at Malaprop's bookstore. And each month when I send the reminder an... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2013/01/1913.html 3x3x365: 1/9/13 Asheville,NC Getting there, one paint can at a time. *************************************************************************... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2015/08/072815.html 3x3x365: 07/28/15 Hendersonville, NC Some people get upset when I say this, thinking it is the dark road to mediocrity, but I love lowering my... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2014/05/5614.html 3x3x365: 5/6/14 Hendersonville, NC I teach online writing classes. Every Tuesday , I have workshops with these writers on the phone. And every... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2011/07/71211.html 3x3x365: 7/12/11 Asheville, NC Sometimes you just need a big reminder right up there on your wall. Get out there. (Art by Robin Plemmons at The Big ... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2011/11/111611.html 3x3x365: 11/16/11 Asheville, NC Field Trip Day. Nothing like it. The white activity bus ready for a trip TO A WHOLE OTHER STATE! And here, the proof: g... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2013/03/32413.html 3x3x365: 3/24/13 Asheville, NC I am clearing out, shedding, getting rid of. I am donating, giving away, putting on the curb for others to enjoy. ... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2011/12/121711.html 3x3x365: 12/17/11 Asheville, NC John, Emma, and Tess told me to stay in my chair in the family room and not to move. I did. Tess came for me finally, ins... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2013/12/121613.html 3x3x365: 12/15/13 Hendersonville, NC Emma is home for the holidays. "I think you need to cut your hair into a mohawk," she said this morning. ... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2011/04/4511.html 3x3x365: 4/5/11 Asheville, NC I love him. He makes me laugh. And there is a lot going on behind those eyes in those red glasses. *********************... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2012/08/81812.html 3x3x365: 8/18/12 Asheville, NC As my friend Betsy reminded me today, channeling Wittgenstein, "what we cannot talk about we must pass over in si... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2011/09/9511.html 3x3x365: 9/5/11 Asheville, NC John's grandmother, Nana, was a short and squat and strong Polish woman who, when faced with my first Thanksgiving visit ... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2015/08/082115.html 3x3x365: 08/21/15 Hendersonville, NC If today were an animal, I would run from it. ***********************************************************... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2015/05/050715.html 3x3x365: 05/07/15 Hendersonville, NC Sometimes a pear is so beautiful it makes my heart open up in appreciation. *************************... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2011/06/6711.html 3x3x365: 6/7/11 Asheville, NC I flew home from Portland, Oregon, the morning after Emma's horse, Matty, died. There is a beautiful shop in the Portlan... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2012/05/51112.html 3x3x365: 5/11/12 Asheville, NC She will be 9 years old in less than a month. And evidently she would like this farm for her birthday. Why? J... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2013/01/1313.html 3x3x365: 1/3/13 Asheville, NC When you start peeling the letters off of an office door to make room for new ones, you can find amazing poetry at ... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2012/09/92512.html 3x3x365: 9/25/12 Asheville, NC For many years, Tess has been an avid cataloguer of her experience. Thousands of lists. Thousands of tiny list... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2014/04/41613.html 3x3x365: 4/26/14 Hendersonville, NC So honored today to officiate a wedding that has been 23 years in the making. They met, and knew. And it has... https://3x3x365.blogspot.com/2013/12/121913.html 3x3x365: 12/19/13 Hendersonville, NC As I sat in my office today for a Skype interview, I took photos while waiting. In looking at them afterw...