Around my cabin door
Obviously, I haven't been writing here for some time. It's not because I haven't had the time, or because I have been in a particularly difficult funk and unable to write about it, or because... More »
Obviously, I haven't been writing here for some time. It's not because I haven't had the time, or because I have been in a particularly difficult funk and unable to write about it, or because... More »
My father has taken on the intensely time-consuming and often thankless task of family genealogist, and over the past dozen years or so, has compiled an astounding amount of information about his father's and mother's... More »
Last night True and I went to a fifteenth wedding anniversary party for our best friends. These are the people we feel closest to, the people we can go months without seeing and pick up... More »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »