The uninspired garden update
June 23, 2009
Homemaking blogs these days are all about gardens and what's growing. I've been so uninspired in that regard, what with the 40 days and 40 nights of rain we've had. I exaggerate of course but you get the idea of how I feel. But... I don't want to be left ...
Saturday night in the city
June 22, 2009
Granted, it's not a big city but it's decidedly hipper (more touristy and expensive) than ours. Saturday night we headed to the Old Port, the historical downtown district of Portland, ME, to celebrate Damien's birthday at our favorite Japanese & Korean restaurant. A bonus of having my mother-in-law visiting is ...
A thoughtful blue day with sunny beach photos
June 21, 2009
I'm kind of blue today, melancholy I guess would be the right word. Yesterday we celebrated Damien's 37th birthday and it was a wonderful day. And today is Father's Day, as you all know, but I don't get to be with my own dad (who lives 12 hours away) and ...
Sweet stuff for June
June 19, 2009
I had intended this sweet stuff to be links to not-on-the-net books I'm currently reading. But good posts keep showing up in my reader, dang those writers for messing up my plans, and I want to share those good posts. So this edition of sweet stuff is mix of both. ...
An ocean post... almost, pottery instead
June 18, 2009
Today we went to the ocean, as in wide open expanses of sand, blue sky and surf. My oh my, it was a divine day. Tonight I am happy and tired, I feel fabulous. Maybe I need to make more of an effort this summer to visit the ocean; there ...
Beautiful hair care, chem-free
June 15, 2009
The Story Sometime last fall we finished our bottle of conditioner and I was determined to figure out a natural, homemade alternative to care for our family's hair. It's taken me 6 months of trial and error to figure out what works. I hope it might be of some help ...
