Homegrown
October 28, 2008
Golden Harvest: pumpkin and apples from the farm Turns out I'm not the only urban earth mama. Someone who thrills in making compost in her little backyard plot, feels a spiritual connection to a local csa farm, spends time in the kitchen cooking beets, kale and collards, takes photos of ...
Open Hand, Open Heart
October 27, 2008
I decided to take up this challenge from Me Ra Koh's blog this month. Man, this was hard. I'm not used to taking photos of non-living persons, places and things. But I'm trying to stretch myself and grow as a photographer. Can't say I'm totally thrilled with the result but ...
Through a child's eyes
October 26, 2008
Child, though I am meant to teach you much, what is it, in the end, except that together we are meant to be children of the same Father, and I must unlearn all the adult structure and the cumbering years and you must teach me to look at the earth ...
Unchurch - what is it
October 25, 2008
Our family currently belongs to an unchurch. Having rejected labels for so long I'm a little hesitant to assume this one, so I'm currently just trying it on to see how it fits. Our friend and fellow believer defined it quite nicely on his blog and I'll let you read ...
Vienna Vegetable Orchestra
October 25, 2008
Who says you can't play with your food? The kids and I were totally amazed and inspired today watching these vegetable musicians. In Laurent's opinion, "that is super cool!" As I type this my younger two are digging carrots out of the garden (doing my end of season garden chore ...
End of the day toast
October 24, 2008
Supper prep tonight my life felt rich and warm. My 9 year old in charge of the kitchen, Vivaldi's four seasons playing, a glass of red wine, the warm glow of lamps at dusk. Life is good.
Homeschooling Highschoolers
October 23, 2008
We are not home educating our kiddos so they can re-enter "the system" in high school and whoop some academic butt. We're not home educating them so they can win spelling bees. We're not home educating them so they can get into the local community college or a prestigious liberal ...
