Morning reading
March 28, 2007
Lewiston Riverwalk Trees I want to share a passage from McKibben's book. He's just written about how his environmentalism springs not so much from altruistic motivations but from his desire to save the wild places he loves. He then goes on to say: For me, then, one of the reasons ...
Discovering Home
March 22, 2007
I'm currently reading Bill McKibben's book "Wandering Home". I really enjoy McKibben's writing and his essays and articles seem to keep turning up in the publications I read. There are two things, predominantly, that I am enjoying about this book.
Wet morning outdoors
March 16, 2007
The kids and I enjoyed a morning outside yesterday. The weather was warm and snow was melting, in addition it was raining so there were lots of puddles to jump in! We are expecting some more winter weather this weekend but yesterday we enjoyed a precursor to spring!
quotes of the day
March 16, 2007
I made a vegetable, barley and bean soup for the kids for lunch today. When Laurent was finished devouring his first bowl he exclaimed "this soup is fabulous mommy!" Wow, that's a fairly strong compliment. Tonight the kids were wrestling with Daddy. Brienne came huffing, puffing and panting into the ...
Spring cleaning... if I must
March 13, 2007
I hadn't planned on spring cleaning and perhaps that's best. If it was written in my planner it would of been one more thing to do, another project to try to squeeze in to my day. A project that would keep getting re-scheduled, assigned to next month and the next.
Better left un-blogged
March 9, 2007
Some weeks are better left un-blogged. Like these past few weeks... The kids have all been sick and some days it seems I've spent my time equally between the bathroom and the washing machine. And then I've been awakened at night by children needing changes of pj's and bedding....
Winter Laundry
February 28, 2007
Warm air, snow melting on this last day of February This morning I hung laundry on the line outside Not the whole load just 5 pairs of pants I see them through my kitchen window smile at their stand against winter
