Sarah Blakley-Cartwright's Blog
May 13, 2013
You can brick up your heart as stout and tight and hard a...
You can brick up your heart as stout and tight and hard and cold and impregnable as you possibly can and down it comes in an instant, felled by a woman’s second glance, a child’s apple breath, the shatter of glass in the road, the words I have something to tell you, a cat with a broken spine dragging itself into the forest to die, the brush of your mother’s papery ancient hand in the thicket of your hair, the memory of your father’s voice early in the morning echoing from the kitchen where he is making pancakes for his children. - Brian Doyle
December 15, 2009
December 6, 2009
November 18, 2009
"In 1927, Felix the Cat became the first official parade ...
"In 1927, Felix the Cat became the first official parade balloon. Macy's filled the rubber animal with helium but didn't have a plan for deflating it when the parade was done, so Felix was just released into the air. He popped, of course, so the next year officials released balloons again, but incorporated release valves designed to let the helium leak out slowly over the course of a week. The balloons' release received much publicity; Macy's claimed that they would float hundreds of miles away from New York before landing softly in fields or people's yards. Stitched into balloons was a return address, and those who found one could return it to Macy's for a $100 reward. Unfortunately their flights weren't so peaceful. Out of five balloons, three landed in Long Island (one was torn to pieces by neighbors competing for the prize), one drifted into the East River, and one floated out to sea never to return. Stubbornly, Macy's tried the balloon release again, but in 1932 an errant balloon wrapped itself around a passing airplane's wing, sending it into a tailspin."
September 5, 2009
August 30, 2009
July 9, 2009
And the living's easy
I have had the most beautiful summer full of waterfall slides, house shows, birds' nests, farm greens, bleached seashells, backyard barbecues, tree climbs, book mills, rickety swings, squeezed limes, swimming holes, fresh berries, faded notebooks, Swedish china, wicker baskets, best friends.
June 21, 2009
April 25, 2009
By CLC, 10th grade.
It's okay that the shadow slants the wrong way.
