by minervarising | Jun 11, 2012 | Uncategorized
I know the theme for this first segment of “The Keeping Room” is beginnings. But honestly, I don’t know how to talk about beginnings, at my age, without talking about endings; new makes me think about used and young makes me think about old. Beginnings don’t happen...
by minervarising | May 21, 2012 | Uncategorized
I seem to be in a very emotional way as of late. An old man riding off in the passenger seat of his daughter’s car, baby ducks tumbling down the grassy slope into the pond, a Mother’s Day card from two years ago, the ache in my back – all of these things cause an...
by minervarising | May 14, 2012 | Uncategorized
On a recent trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan, I saw this sculpture and was taken aback by the sense of anguish. It mirrored the strain I sometimes feel when dealing with my responsibilities. Sometimes burden is so heavy that I actually feel...
by minervarising | May 7, 2012 | Uncategorized
Beginnings This spring, I bought a new house and I’m still in the process of moving in. The house comes with much light, and a lot of big ideas about how to reinvent itself into a home for two women coming together in the later years of their life. The three of us...
