Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Such Sport

1 and I have gone jogging the past two mornings-- spring fever. I've never been a jogger, never sustained the resolution more than a week or so. We don't go far or fast yet, and tomorrow morning's 6 a.m. temperature will be the real test.

But I know I'll do it, and here's why: On Monday morning as we turned west, the just-full moon hung huge and creamy over the city. It was stunning. This morning, it was perceptibly higher in the sky, full and alabaster. I can't wait to see it tomorrow morning, so I can note its new angle and color and see the curve of its waning side.

M- said tonight, "The moon is beautiful." So I will sleep and let the moon step over me, then I'll wake up and run after it.

Friday, March 6, 2009

All the Things I Don't Know

"Would people still be good if there weren't any polices?" 2 asked me.

We drove in silence for a few moments: me, astonished; 2, patient.

I told her it was an excellent question. I blathered like a parent.

"I was asking, would people be good, not can people be good," she said.