Emma ponders the true meaning of Christmas.
family. perfection. holiday season.
from years past. still a favorite memory.
dreaming of a white winter.
NEW PODCAST // The Best Time of Your Life⠀
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Click the link in my bio to listen: https://marymottwrites.com/podcast/the-best-time-of-your-life/
NEW PIECE // FOUR⠀
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We are all getting back into dinner parties. Of some sort. Often inside. Without puffy coats.⠀
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WE ARE MAKING UP FOR LOST TIME.⠀
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Often there are six to eight invitees.⠀
Six to eight. or more.⠀
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Not a lot, really. But just enough to affect the dynamics.⠀
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We laugh. We talk about acceptable topics. Or unacceptable. We chime in. We joke.⠀
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But at the end of the evening we don’t know the participants any better than we did before the evening.⠀
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We might recall that we liked their vibe. Had a positive time in their company. But that’s really it.⠀
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We haven’t learned anything. About them… or us.⠀
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Consider four.⠀
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Last Thursday we had two friends over for dinner.⠀
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Read the full piece on my blog: https://marymottwrites.com/four/⠀
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NEW PIECE // Artifacts ⠀
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The sailboat that I gave to my husband for a wedding gift. He is passing it on now to our granddaughters who sail.⠀
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IT MAKES SENSE. THEY WILL USE IT. HE NO LONGER DOES.⠀
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The passage of time.⠀
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The kayaks we took to our friends’ house who live on a lake. They’ve been there for eight years now. Just sitting at the dock.⠀
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I no longer squat so getting into a kayak is challenging. ⠀
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Read the full piece of my website: https://marymottwrites.com/artifacts/⠀
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NEW POST // The Best Time of Your Life⠀
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We were having a dinner for a friend’s birthday.⠀
SHE WAS TURNING SEVENTY AND LOOKING BACK AT HER LIFE. WITH CURIOSITY.⠀
“What was the best time of your life?”, she asked us.⠀
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We were quiet. How to answer this question kindly. With our spouse at our side.⠀
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I immediately went for the wild and crazy times.⠀
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“When I moved to NYC!”, I exclaimed. “I was single. Worked in a big advertising agency. Worked long hours and played long hours. Spent every cent I earned. It was great.”⠀
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My birthday friend joyously regaled stories of the seventies. She was an only child. So when she finally left home she really spread her wings. Among other things.⠀
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My husband espoused, “All of it.” Wow. Good answer. Was that really true?⠀
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And our other friend told tales of an international awakening and young love. Oh my. Things we never knew.⠀
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Full read here: https://marymottwrites.com/the-best-time-of-your-life/
Signs of fall - a Japanese maple blanket...⠀
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Spring in the mountains. ♥️
Summertime means camping, right? Everyone does it, right? ⠀
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Click below to read about my recent camping experience! ⠀
https://marymottwrites.com/camping-schmamping/
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Reliving last summers crazy pool day⠀
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• Alone •
Yesterday a coyote passed by. I thought at first it was a fox. But it was too big. And looked like a coyote I’d seen in a movie from Africa. He didn’t notice me sipping tea. He didn’t notice the house that now inhabited his landscape. Or my small, oblivious dog. He just kept wandering. He didn’t come back today. Maybe tomorrow.
Read the full post here:
https://marymottwrites.com/alone/
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Big town. Small town.
• • • We worked late, hit the clubs, ate Chinese, shopped excessively and spent every cent we earned.
I loved it. I was a New Yorker.
It seems different now. • • •
https://marymottwrites.com/big-town-small-town/ (link in bio)
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NEW PIECE // My shoes are in the garden. Facing the white hyacinths. But I am not there.
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Memorial Day weekend seems to be the kickoff for many summer camping trips. Have you heard about my one backpacking trip?!
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Click below to read about this “adventure”
https://marymottwrites.com/camping-schmamping/
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Three years ago i was preparing for an in person on women show. Love these memories.
• There are things I didn't tell you." ⠀
don't miss mary's one woman show at the Berkshire Theater Company's Unicorn Theater.⠀
saturday may 26 and sunday may 27⠀
It's about all the things we just don't talk about. —>link in profile for tickets. <—
Spring. Out my back door.
Happy Mother's Day...
Dreaming of spring in the wood river. Soon.
