http://lauriefilipelli.org Poems and prattles Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:25:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Born February 6th at 8:03 p.m. -- 6 lbs 10 oz of cuteness! Mario and I are adjusting to our new daily routine which consists of feeding, burping, diapering, sleeping when we can, and occasionally staring at each other in bewilderment: we have a baby! http://lauriefilipelli.org/?p=74 For Christmas Mario gave me this cover for my first CD! Of course, I have no songs written and I haven't touched a guitar since 1997, but I have a cover. And a baby in that belly, which isn't nothing. We spent a quiet Christmas with Mario's family and my parents, ... http://lauriefilipelli.org/?p=56 Already the body holds a new language, muffled and then sharp with longing. Children hanging from rafters. Empty hallways, rooms where the homeless sleep. A house like a nest you don’t wish to leave, then like a prison of glass. You’ve been told in the past there was no such indulgence. A house was a ... http://lauriefilipelli.org/?p=54 RE-NAMING ZEPPELIN The bell of the bell bottoms, full-on stride and swagger, hair loose in a flop of plant-like curls, lip-synching Leslie almost looked our front man. But with one week to go we were still a blank space on the talent- night program. Each name had fallen unlike Leslie’s chest which blossomed beneath a white T-shirt and shook when ... http://lauriefilipelli.org/?p=53 Yes, Maybe became Maybier became Zumi! She's moving around in there and sometimes waking me up with hiccups in the middle of the night :-)  http://lauriefilipelli.org/?p=45 Yep that's me with Maybe, growing into Maybier. Eventually Mario and I will come up with a different name. We're doing well (despite my complaints about sleeping on my left side and my constant desire for peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, peanut butter and banana sandwiches, peanut butter ... http://lauriefilipelli.org/?p=41 In January, Mario and I moved to Cinnamon Path (1406A to be exact, zip code 78704), the street name much to his chagrin. When I praise our sweet and spicy locale, he threatens to get a P.O. Box ☺ At any rate, we’re enjoying our half a duplex, with ... http://lauriefilipelli.org/?p=38 It's not my own age so much that's obsessing me, but the historical era. MLK was shot the year I was born. And not long after, Nixon was elected. 40 years: it doesn't seem a stretch to say, as a nation, we've been wandering. The flood, ... http://lauriefilipelli.org/?p=37   Our summer starts with a trip to Dallas for James and Sarah's wedding, and with a "thumbs up" stop at the Dr. Pepper museum! http://lauriefilipelli.org/?p=31 the land takes one step toward the moving boat the boat slows and the dead lake from its corners calls all at once the boy scouts and cans of soup all at once the birch shimmer real as the sky our thoughts have brought us lonely so far the photo filled with primeval green hides the ... http://lauriefilipelli.org/?p=29