plume gables

September 12, 2011 by The Noisy Plume

This is the second day in a row that Pocatello has been hit by afternoon thunderstorms.

It’s so delicious. I hope it rains until the rain turns to snow.

I feel so refreshed by this weather. My skin is drinking

the water straight out of the air like

a sort of artificial-molecular-cellular-respiration.

The storms are breathing life into the marrow of my bones.

I can hear the neighbor’s dog out crying on the front porch.

He’s afraid of thunder.

What a baby.

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September 10, 2011 by The Noisy Plume

Evening chores are a true delight this season.

There’s the hen tending (they like their grapes peeled),

vegetable and fruit harvesting (and some sort of canning most

evenings — marinara sauce and salsa this week, every night…),

a kitten getting into trouble,

Plum begging for fetch,

Farley on the front porch surveying his territory,

Penelope munching on cherry tomatoes

and that gorgeous golden hour light sashaying its way down through the outstretched limbs of trees.

Summer had wings.

Fall feels auspicious.

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August 31, 2011 by The Noisy Plume

I have three of my dearest girlfriends coming to visit, all at once, tomorrow afternoon. They’ll stay with me until Monday. This morning I am gathering the roses, sweeping the floors, beating the rugs and hanging the laundry out to dry. Steady company here since December of last year has been very good for staying on top of housework! I’ve been taking it easy lately and my tidying efforts are free of stress and relatively unhurried. There’s a sort of gentle, tender lovingness that is being poured into preparing my home for these friends. I find myself putting a little extra elbow grease into cleaning the bathtub and when I snap the wet white towels before hanging them on the line, there’s an extra zest to the whip of my wrists — you see, I’m not cleaning for me, I’m cleaning for them. I want them to feel welcome and to enjoy where they sleep and eat while they’re here because all of that is an extension of who Robert and I are as people.

I feel like all the company we’ve had at The Gables over the past nine months has finally taught me to enjoy preparing my home for friends and family! It’s kind of wonderful. Actually, this past year has been a huge lesson in learning to slow down and enjoy all forms of work. I’m getting better at savoring life.

I can’t wait to see my friends.

I can’t wait for the four of us to be all in one

place for the first time in history.

Come girls, come!

I’ve prepared for you,

both my home and heart,

the doors are open.

Come in.

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