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The shorter story
Debi
This song was shared with me by my dear friend Dan, who I visited last month for the first time in five years. He has beautiful taste in music -- not always convergant with mine,... More »
Between the white earth and the black night
Debi
I made this still-art-with-music the other day. The photo is of the adirondack chairs and wooden barrels on my front porch the last week in March. It snowed fiercely that day, but the sun came... More »
Reality, Toddler-Style
Debi
My Little Shmoo is getting to be a bigger Shmoo these days. Something happened to her when her hair got long enough for pigtails -- even though they can barely be classified as pigtails when... More »
Who is the kindest person you know?
Debi
My mother-in-law is both the kindest and toughest person I know - so after having known her, I can do away with any notion that being nice means that people can walk all over you.... More »
Thank you, village!
Debi
I just wanted to take a blog post here to publicly show gratitude for "the village" that is helping me raise my children, and grow myself as a mother and human. I know there are... More »
Why I Brought Them Into This World
Debi
A monologue by my amazing Doodlebug: " At school? Last week? One day Adam was crying because he didn't listen to the teacher and he had to sit at the hexagon table and think and... More »
What's your favorite daily ritual?
Debi
Bedtime with True! I was just talking about this with him a couple of days ago -- how much I treasure the moment when I curl my body around his, press my face into his... More »
Go for it, kiddo!
Debi
My Doodlebug started kindergarten today. True and I waved to her as she marched into the school from the kindergarten playground, accompanied (to our great relief) by two of her best buddies from preschool. We... More »
If you could give anything to someone you loved, what would it be
Debi
I would give my husband his father. True's father died unexpectedly, too young, when True was just 21. He has remained a superhero to True, and from all accounts, this isn't totally inaccurate. So many... More »
Closing in on two
Debi
Can anyone else believe my Shmoo is just a month from her 2nd birthday? I have to admit, I am just now starting to believe it. There are such huge parts of me, probably deeply... More »
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June 2008