by Carolyn Crane | Dec 3, 2023 | Field Trips
Every few months, my friend Maryam and I go on an adventure to a fun part of Ann Arbor called Kerrytown. The outings have begun to feel like ritual, since we do the same thing every time. Why try to improve on perfection? We take off from work at Washtenaw Community...
by Carolyn Crane | Nov 27, 2023 | The Land
I have been procrastinating about this post. Zone Two is, well, complicated. Of course it is. Zone Two is where the nonnative creatures dwell, the human in particular. Humans complicate everything. Zone Two includes the house, the barn, and the shed. It is fenced by...
by Carolyn Crane | Nov 15, 2023 | Memoir, My Left-Handed Wheelhouse
My Undoing [To read this memoir in order, go to the category My Left-Handed Wheelhouse here on the blog.] So I need to back up here. Just a few months. It had been a rocky ’23 in many ways. Things kept breaking in such a systematic way there surely seemed to be some...
by Carolyn Crane | Oct 24, 2023 | Memoir, My Left-Handed Wheelhouse
The Morning After: June 28, 2023 [To read this memoir in order, go to the category Left-Handed Wheelhouse here on the blog.] Challenge #1: How was I going to get my contact lens in my eye? This had preoccupied me some the night before as the shot wore off. I only have...
by Carolyn Crane | Oct 10, 2023 | Early Days on Plank Road, Memoir
Leaving Lightcap Farm From 2005 to 2021, I lived atop the San Juan Ridge in the middle of the Tahoe National Forest. I thought I’d never leave. I know this because I buried my placentas there in the garden. This is the ultimate commitment to place for a hippie mama....
