“I had stopped to watch a family of brilliant icicles drip- dripping from the eaves of a frame house….”
Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977), Russian-born U.S. novelist, poet. "The Vane Sisters," Nabokov's Quartet (1966). The beginning of the story.
TIME: 4:03 PM
PLACE: Looking out the back door
SUBJECT: Icicles hanging off the porch eave
Shortly after I took SD’s photo yesterday, she started involuntarily emptying the contents of her stomach and continued to do so until about 1am this morning. I wasn’t feeling to up to snuff myself. Needless to say, she didn’t go to school and I didn’t go to work today. It was very cold today, I don’t think it got out of the teens, so it was kind of nice to be able to snuggle under the blankets with her and watch TV and nap all morning. We are feeling much better now, so it looks like school and work are both back in the picture for us tomorrow.
“Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand-and melting like a snowflake...”
Francis Bacon, Sr. (English Lawyer and Philosopher. 1561-1626)
TIME: 3:19 PM
PLACE: North side of the house
SUBJECT: Icicle on Rose of Sharon branch
Back to the grind today. I was sooo tired. That’s what I get for staying up way too late and playing Peggle on the Xbox. Stupid, addicting game cutting in on my sleep time – but I managed to muddle through work and made it back home without falling asleep at my desk. After I ate a late lunch, StellaDella just had to show me the icicles she spied out of the window by my computer desk. She thought it was so cool how the afternoon light made them sparkle. They won’t be here much longer, we are expecting temps to hit the mid to upper 50’s along with some rain on Thursday.
