Monthly Archives Mar 2012
On Being (and Saturday mornings)
March 31, 2012
On Saturday mornings I make baked apples for my family for breakfast. This is one of our family's food rituals, a touchstone to our week, and I love the comfort and simplicity of it. I drink my coffee. I cut the apples. I kiss and hug my children as they ...
Sew a Sweater for Your E-Reader ~ 3 Easy Designs
March 30, 2012
A pattern to sew a sweater for a digital device.
Becoming an (e)Reader
March 29, 2012
Finding my way, by necessity, in the new world of digital books.
Sugaring! (& a Spring Reading List)
March 28, 2012
For years I've read seasonal stories to my children. Stories in general but I do love marking the seasons in our reading also.
There Are No Formulas
March 26, 2012
This weekend Damien spent some time poring over maps and the Internet, starting to think about our summer adventures. He came to the conclusion that we are going to have to blaze our own trail a bit this summer, in terms of backpacking trips in the peninsula. And so it ...
The Weekend Edition ~ Comes to an End
March 24, 2012
Look what came in the mail yesterday from mb studios. I'm so delighted. I became familiar with mb studios ~ handmade beauty and daily inspiration ~ because Mary advertised her etsy shop here at FIMBY during the last month. I do love words so very much. But words made into ...
Return To Center
March 23, 2012
Everybody has their individual practices that ground them and bring their focus back to those most important things in life. Yesterday I needed to reconnect with mine. I needed to come back to center. (I do love this phrase from the yoga world, though I don't practice yoga.) Computers are ...
The First Day of Spring
March 21, 2012
Yesterday was a good day. what a novelty to read my book on Laurent's iPod! I birthed my first e-book. Spring arrived on the calendar. And it was the birthdate of both my grandmothers. I didn't plan to launch this book the first day of spring. I didn't give any ...
Sunday Skiing and Simple Suppers
March 19, 2012
Sunday is our sabbath. Our one day a week to have a break from regular life responsibilities. A day to play and rest. We do this is in the great outdoors. Although last week the girls and I stayed in pj's and watched a movie - we need those days ...
Ides of March (on St. Patrick's Day)
March 17, 2012
(No Weekend Edition links today.) I just learned about the Ides of March this week. We were reading Chapter 35 in The Story of The World: Ancient Times (the one that's taken us about 2 years to read through) and came across the significance of March 15th. While reading the ...
Nurturing Creativity ~ My E-Book is Almost Here!
March 16, 2012
I wrote a little book for you. Next week I will launch that project, my very first e-book, into this world of online publishing. Last summer, after our big move from Maine back to Canada, I got down to work with my writing. I needed to get serious about making ...
Cocoa Date Cookies
March 14, 2012
A couple months ago Jennifer @ Kidoing introduced me to the cookbook Bake With Dates, written by Susan Lowenberg. Susan also has a blog by the same name. Chock full of free, healthy recipes. I am always open to sugar free (for me this includes all refined sweetners - honey, ...
Our Sparkle Story
March 13, 2012
When we moved last fall we lost good library service. A big loss to be sure but one we are learning to work around. During that time, with limited access to other resources, I started paying more attention to Sparkle Stories. I had seen their name mentioned on many blogs ...
Sunday with My Girls
March 11, 2012
The boys are in the mountains today skiing. We girls are at home. I don't mean to be sexist here but the truth is sometimes the girls slow the boys down. (Sometimes we kick their butts too, like Celine's dogged determination on our backpacking trip last summer.) And though our ...
Weekend Edition ~ Ready, Set...
March 10, 2012
There's a general vibe in my world these days - in my reading, living and connecting. A readiness for new things. It's that time of year. The readiness to spring clean, to dream, to do something. Most of today's links tie into that somehow. Inspiring Internet Read Alouds. We love ...
The March Perspective
March 9, 2012
March is not my favorite month. It's definitely not spring and it's not the crystalline beauty of January either. It's... March. Melting snow. Freezing snow. Falling snow. Dirty snow. Some days feel like honest-to-goodness winter, the morning temperatures hover at 0F. And other days you feel sweaty and overdressed in ...
Creative Ebb & Flow ~ The Knit of Family Life (Yarn Along)
March 7, 2012
Thoughts on being knit together as a family.
The Boy Turns 11
March 5, 2012
Laurent's birthday this year (last weekend, right before the kids got sick) was fairly low-key. Part of that is being new to a place so there isn't a long list of friends to invite. Part of it is that Laurent is just a really easy going guy and generally easy ...
The Weekend Edition ~ Winter Tired
March 3, 2012
I got the beans started cooking on the stove before I sat down this morning. I need to make a batch of chili for an early lunch. No baked apples this morning, not enough time to do both apples and chili, all before 11:00am. The kids are going tubing this ...
Just a wee bit more 'o the white stuff
March 2, 2012
Photos from last weekend's snow storm. What does the world look like where you live?
Ira Glass on the Creative Process
March 1, 2012
In my last weekend edition I shared this link. Some of you might have watched it already but I also know that not everyone checks out each link - who has the time? This video is only 2 minutes and it is so encouraging to me. It describes much of ...
