I’ve been reading plenty of books in the past few months, just haven’t been inspired to write about them. I began to write a roundup post with a short description of several of the more noteworthy books I’ve read recently but found...
Last Thursday we were struck by one of those terrible stomach bugs that takes no prisoners. The only saving grace was that we didn’t all get it at once but it staggered itself over the course of several days. Thursday morning started off...
In the past year Bella and I had developed a pretty good habit of snuggling down in the afternoons while the boys were napping to read several chapters from the various read alouds that we have going. (Usually we have somewhere between 3 and 6 books...
The other day I read this piece, Who I’m Meant to Be by Rebecca French, and I guess it’s been gnawing away at the back of my mind ever since. Then Sunday night Anthony woke up around one and I couldn’t resettle him. I changed his...
The other night I had one of those dreams where I am simultaneously my college-aged self and my present-day self. My college self was evidently in the process of graduating. There was some kind of special awards ceremony that someone insisted I must...
Because these wings are no longer wings to fly But merely vans to beat the air The air which is now thoroughly small and dry Smaller and dryer than the will Teach us to care and not to care Teach us to sit still. from Ash Wednesday by T.S. Eliot...
‘You gave me hyacinths first a year ago; ‘They called me the hyacinth girl.’ -Yet when we came back, late, from the hyacinth garden, Your arms full, and your hair wet, I could not Speak, and my eyes failed, I was neither Living nor...
We had a simple day. We made a cake, chocolate wacky cake with almonds. All the kids licked the bowl. We ordered pizza for dinner. Ben got a fruit basket from Grandma and Grandad in Texas. We had video chats with Auntie Tree and with Grandma B. and...
Theresa using the little red wagon to move boxes from the shed. Sophie, on the far side, helps to steady the load. Everyone who follows my blog knows that my sister has lived with us for the past three and a half years. It has been a wonderful...
Betty Beguiles is hosting a love song link up and even though I’m exhausted, I thought I’d do a quick entry. When we were married we didn’t have a DJ for our reception. We had an iPod with a playlist we put together of our favorite...
