Dear Karen, This afternoon my sister and I are opening Common Life by Robert Cording and reading poems back and forth to each other as we sip our Turkish coffee. (She just bought an ibrik.) Thank you for the recommend which made me rush out to get a...
On a recent afternoon I found myself trapped in my bedroom at nap time beneath a pile of sleeping kids. Ben was in my lap nursing. Sophie was draped across my knees where she was trying to get as close to my lap as possible. And Bella was curled up...
Yesterday when Dom came home from work there were two trenches across the street, one on each side of our house. He had to drive up on the sidewalk to get to the driveway. Fun. More stories at [url=”;...
From the other room this morning I heard Bella reciting lines from “The King’s Breakfast”: “Excuse me, Your Majesty, For taking of The liberty, But marmalade is tasty, if It’s very Thickly Spread.” She got it word...
Isn’t it pretty?
They were a bit early. They told us the four hour window was between 12:30 and 4:30. Came at 11. Good thing we hadn’t left for our walk yet.
Thanks again, Dad!!!
Bella asked if she could eat outside tonight. And since it’s September and there won’t be too many more chances, I gave in and said yes. And made two little girls very happy. I put their little table outside and Bella sat on the back...
Nothing like coming home from the library loaded up with a pile of books about trucks and construction equipment to find you can’t get in the driveway because of the big dump truck and backhoe and the trench they are excavating in front of...
It’s been a gray day. A chill in the air that feels very autumnal. I baked bread this morning. (The loaf was rather dense and sad but tasted good hot with some butter.) So I thought I’d post some photos of my happy sunflowers which are...
When I was in college some friends gave me a lovely box set that contained two books: The World of Pooh: The Complete Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner and The World of Christopher Robin: The Complete When We Were Very Young and Now We...
Bunnies are the coolest thing ever. Pooh and Piglet have to be called in from the back yard and often sit down with us at dinner. Blankies and pink piggies MUST be found at bedtime or the world ends. If they can’t be found when we wake in the...
