for Nyah
I want to be like you, little girl…
climbing up the ladder to the slide,
carefully calibrating your
2 year old sense of balance
with every step. Sliding down
arms raised, hair flying back,
yelling “yay!!” at the bottom,
and climbing right back up again.
I want to be like you, little girl…
Going up to the taller, steep slide,
climbing up, speeding down,
bumping on the ground at the bottom
but only crying with your Mama for a minute
before you were off again
in search of something new.
I want to be like you, little girl…
I want to consider the bad things
anomalous. I want to forget they exist.
I want my fear to be
no match for my wonder.
I want to always look
for the new thing, the next thing
without looking back, afraid.
I want to be like you, little girl…
I want to remember how to be free.
~~
Thanks Amy. Love Nyah.
Flower Girl. Cairo, Egypt.
1-2-3-swing! A fall walk in PA.
CD Case for my first release: Urban Farming. It’s a collaboration with my buddy Evan. His sister Lily produced for The Dude record label.
Track list:
- Organic Green Peas, Yeah
- Urban Farming
- What, no Avocados?
- Free Range Chicken
- Love UR Chicken Baby
- 1.8 Miles to 3 Starbucks
- Siri, How do I Hoe My Corn?
- Nap Time
- Let’s Read!
- New Apple Store In Town
Sweetie
Curmudgeon
Lake Fontana, NC - July 20th 2011
The most difficult part of this for Nyah was wearing the life preserver. She hates being confined (clearly not going to be an astronaut).
She was actually bored going slow - so Daddy had the driver speed it up a bit so she would have a little fun bouncing and getting a little splashing (which she loves).
This was super safe - boating in a strait line - no waves - both her parents (as well as half the crew) are trained life guards. This was simply to give her a little positive experience on the water.
Needless to say, Nyah didn’t get the foot idea from watching her parents at the piano. And she really is shouting into the piano to see if it will make a different sound… she experiments with acoustics all the time. And she really did ask for the djembe - which we play the piano often enough.
For your experimental music webpage someday honey… great work.
Nyahs Baby Dedication
Nyah goes down the slide. Monterey, CA
Nyahs First Roll-over, ever!
An epic five minute struggle as Nyah tries, gets frustrated, tries again, gets tired, takes a break, tries again, gets frustrated, and finally succeeds in rolling over, cheered on but unassisted by Mom.
Nyah Grace. Meet the world. 12 hours old.
