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Snow, Where Art Thou?
December 14, 2010
We live in Maine, in part, because we like snow, and lots of it. Last year at this time we enjoyed snowscenes like this one. This year, well this year, I'm not even taking photos of what the days look like in our neighborhood. In a word, it's bleak. Grey, ...
Season of Light (and Dark)
December 11, 2010
When I sat down to write this I thought, "you know, I think I've written something like this before?". So I did a little search and sure enough here it is, Season of Light from last year. This post is not a repeat of that one, though I continue to ...
Gifts For Mama
December 7, 2010
Last week I celebrated my 35th birthday with my family. It was a wonderful day, full of gifts and surprises. Not the kind of gifts you unwrap (though there were a couple of those) but gifts given and received in love. gifts from Brienne's birthday simply to illustrate the "gifts" ...
Weekend Holiday Links
December 4, 2010
I expect in the coming days that the length and frequency of posts here at FIMBY may diminish. I would love it if I had time to craft, visit with friends, take in Christmas festivities and maintain my daily writing routine but... that might not be possible. In the event ...
holiday un-school
December 1, 2010
I loved so many of the unschooling methologies but couldn't totally buy into the philosophy. There were things I wanted my kids to learn, definite goals we had for their education. They also needed to learn to contribute to our home life, not because they were intrinsically motivated to but ...
Seasonal Stories
November 29, 2010
For the past two years I have put together Christmas and winter themed reading lists and shared them here. Last year was Welcoming Winter which was simply links to my Christmas and Winter reading lists at Goodreads. The year before was Stories for the Season with short reviews of eight ...
Hiking for the Holidays
November 28, 2010
You know what really burns my bottom? The fact that holidays - a time that is supposed to be about being together, slowing down, feasting, remembering and reflecting on our collective and family histories - has become another excuse for shopping. Want to read more? I know you do - ...
