Light and Life… aka Solstice is the most-est!
This year we celebrated Solstice — in our very own way, in a way that I think is going to stick. Like snow, you know. I haven’t been a huge fan of Christmas as a grown-up (nothing against it, just not too energized by it), so once Rom and I had kids we chose to [...]
this moment
see the kid flying through the air? {this moment} a picture, from right now, to appreciate Tweet
Loving 2011: Angels
Day Fourteen: How Did You Experience Angels in Your Life This Year? home When we moved in to cohousing, we had already met many folks here but it was still sweet to be welcomed with the time-tested tradition of a loaf of banana bread! I have angels here — the elder women who live with [...]
Loving 2011: Time
Day Twelve: How Did You Spend Your Precious Time This Year And How Will You Spend it Next Year? Oh… well, I notice some sadness with this one, like I haven’t treated my time as precious enough. All the hours I’ve frittered away on the computer or spent feeling irritated or missing the chance to [...]
Loving 2011: Holiday Traditions
Day Eleven: What Holiday Traditions Are You Creating This Year? When Orlando was first born, it seemed pretty straightforward to do what we wanted to do for the winter holidays. After all, he was highly portable, and basically amenable to almost anything as long he was with us! Rom and I wanted to de-emphasize Christmas [...]
Loving 2011: Images
Day Six: Share an image that you created this year… I created a new world when Rom and I decided to start a family — a world with heartbreaking sweetness and earsplitting loudness… a world with quiet company and intense togetherness… a world when two boys fall asleep on top of me in the middle [...]
Loving 2011
My friend Chessa wrote this post a few days ago. It is honest and clear and insightful… and it has stayed with me. But the prompt that beget her post has also stayed with me — a series called Loving 2011, each day with a new prompt to guide us toward reflecting on the year [...]
a month of unschool
This month could be summed up by cuddle time, indoor time, couch time, books, lego creations galore, a splash of glitter, video games (phonics, air penguin, and angry birds), math, conversations, and the ocean. Always the ocean! reading – As usual, we’ve read a ton of books, with links to ones I particularly recommend. We [...]
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