Taking Care of Business
May 20, 2008
I think the mental gymnastics of the past couple weeks is over. The period of spring transition, any transition really, predictably hits me with feelings of insecurity and inadequacy as well as general overwhelm-ment (not a word but suits my purposes) with life. Problem is I forget that I go ...
Homemade Laundry Soap
May 19, 2008
I've been trying for a couple years now to make all our own cleaning products. I've succeeded fairly well with cold process hand & body soaps. Clean, Naturally: Recipes for Body, Home, and Spirit by Sandy Maine is a great start for basic soap making. (This is an older book ...
Soul Journey up Speckled Mountain
May 19, 2008
The journey had a difficult start. A challenging conversation in the car with my best friend about our purpose - loving and serving others, and how to do that - simplifying our lives. Ouch. My current creative pursuits and general spring time busy-ness hasn't left a lot of time for ...
Out the door to Blueberry Mountain, National Forest
May 17, 2008
We hadn't planned to hike last Saturday. Damien was gone all week to Boston training for work, by midweek Celine still wasn't walking and the weekend forecast was for rain. But a Thursday visit to the Dr. confirmed that Celine's knee was healing well and she would be fit to ...
Raising Beds, Lowering Expectations
May 17, 2008
It started innocently enough when there was still 2 feet of snow on the ground. Reading a book or two that encouraged me to grow more of our own food. Just a few more tomato plants than last year, a couple rows of corn (Brienne's favorite summer vegetable), some strawberries, ...
Garden Report - Mid May is too busy
May 15, 2008
Life's too hectic these days to give a full garden report. I forget from year to year how BUSY May is. Everything seems to collide. The garden, camping, hiking, Celine's birthday and this year I've added the creative pursuits of photography and blogging. In the garden all the early spring ...
