Monthly Archives Nov 2014

The things we do for love

The things we do for love

We celebrated Brienne's birthday this week. She turned twelve years old, the threshold between childhood and her teenage years.

The end of our journey is just the beginning

The end of our journey is just the beginning

Katahdin was the end of our Appalachian Trail journey but it was the just the beginning.

The first week of winter (and a bit of preamble)

The first week of winter (and a bit of preamble)

What we're up to, what I'm loving or doing these days, this is what I used to write about, it's actually the heartbeat of this blog, and it's the writing I always come back to, after various writing forays and blogging experiments.

A week of writing and home

A week of writing and home

I am still surprised that the hike brought me to this point, which is a totally different place than I thought I would be, but clearly is the place I need to be.

Anyone want a kitten?

Anyone want a kitten?

I can't say I have a lot of affection for cats in general, but my feelings for them have grown over the years, mostly because my children love cats and the things our children love tend to grow on us, over time.

Checking in

Checking in

This is how I process with writing. I write, talk, write, read, write and maybe cycle through the whole thing again, and eventually I publish. But this kind of writing does not lend itself to a fast turn around on the blog.