August 2, 2011
Fifteen years ago this month Damien and I were married. Part of this trip out west is an anniversary vacation for us, the longest time we've been alone since having children. We're loving it.
July 28, 2011
After two days of travel (first an eleven hour drive to Maine and overnight stay with friends, then a day of three flights with inevitable delays) we have arrived in Montana. For these first couple days in "Big Sky Country" we're staying with Ryan Jordan and his wife Stephanie. Later ...
July 26, 2011
I totally did not plan to blog my Dad's birthday but when I saw the photos and the story they told I just couldn't help myself. When my parents first moved to Nova Scotia four summers ago they knew no one. Having lived their whole adult lives (and in my ...
July 23, 2011
It's Saturday morning and we are busy preparing for my Dad's birthday party tonight. Food, lots of it. Friends, lots of those also. And blessedly, this year, family too. In the midst of the normal pressure points of three generations living together under one roof - kids with their mess ...
July 20, 2011
Life is downright busy this summer. I haven't tried to be subtle about it or use the euphemistic phrase "the days are full". We all know that's code-speak for "life is busy" anyway. This empty glass is not symbolic of anything (like feeling empty). I just like the sand stuck ...
July 18, 2011
Brienne is our girlie girl. I never was much of a girlie girl. My mom even wrote about that in one of our family memoirs. (PS. I love this family memoir my mom wrote and I'm so glad she took the time to write parts of my childhood story.) But ...
July 17, 2011
We actually don't call ourselves vegan, though we choose to eat mostly eat plants on a regular basis. And we're pretty "strict" about processed foods, refined foods, sweetners, etc... in our daily life. Just ask my mom, who no doubt does some inner eye rolling (lovingly of course) at our ...