Levi and Great great great...Grandpa Levi Newell Kendall

 Before we left Utah, we had to grab a few pictures of Levi and his namesake. 

The last time we came to this cemetery I was in labor.

Now the bug is almost a year old! 

We Moved!

For the summer, Wesley will work at a national lab (hurray!) doing biomass-energy-stuffIdon'tcompletelyunderstand....He was offered a few jobs the first Thursday of the month and by the next Thursday we'd sold a few things, packed over 12 boxes and bags of books (according to moving companies we're competing with people who have 5 bedroom homes!), heaved the recumbent bike and bookshelves and bed in a truck--and now we're in Idaho. For about ten weeks. My sister gets married August 5; by August 10 we'll be on our way to Texas.

Since moving, I've determined that we can let go of most of our stuff. I knew as soon as I flinched at our bike going up the cement stairs that I might be more attached to physical things than I should be. I don't want my focus to be on stuff. I don't want Levi's focus to be on stuff. As a result of being tired of packing and unpacking and this realization that I need a change, we're selling our washer and dryer, bike, bookshelves, etc. If you're desirous of any of our junk, just say.

And yes, I've debated about the books. We've only unpacked three boxes for the summer. I think they're coming with us, though.

The Joys of Bath Time

Peek-a-Boo

I want to be friends with Pearl London

Bless the Provo City Library and their little podium displays of new nonfiction! Last week I randomly picked up Poetry in Person edited by Alexander Neubauder just published this March. The book compiles (and condenses) over 25 years of 90 minute conversations with poets. Pearl London taught at the New School and began a course called "Works in Progress." She invited poets to bring a poem in revision, or newly revised, and discuss their "vision and revision" with her and her students. As a result, these conversations are much more intimate and worthwhile than interviews (and I love interviews!). The poets are candid, personal, and useful in so many ways. So many different modes of expression, advice, and theory.

If only every classroom was like this! If only every day (and conversation) was like this! It makes me want to devour the world. It makes me want to give the world something great.

If nothing else, every writer should buy this book as a reference.