by Hollye Dexter | Sep 7, 2010 | fall season, family, writing, writing memoir
(coolest tattoo ever “hopedreamperseverebreatheloveseehear” and to have it on your wrist…also the best suicide prevention ever.)It’s overcast this morning and that should make me happy- relief from the 110 degree weather we had last week, but instead...
by Hollye Dexter | Aug 31, 2010 | fall season, optimism
There is an old story about a little boy who runs out to the barn on the morning of his birthday, throwing open the doors only to find mountainous piles of manure. He grabs a shovel and begins plowing through the shit with glee. His father comes out and asks him what...
by Hollye Dexter | Oct 2, 2009 | fall season, motherhood, seasonal depression
I hate the Fall. Even the word Fall indicates that you’re falling, falling into a deep hole. Not like Spring, whose very name inspires and gives energy. Fall is the time that trees become barren and the landscape appears to be dead. Daylight begins to recede, and even...