Faith & Community
a haitian adoption
February 24, 2010
I had not planned to write about this (I have my posts usually planned days, often weeks in advance) but I feel it is worth taking time to mention. Remember my beautiful friend Spring who recently released a CD? Well I just got word that her family is trying to ...
Season of Light
November 28, 2009
Today is blustery as all get out, no snow unfortunately. A good day though to cook and bake, which is exactly what I'm doing. Yesterday we spent the day creating, together as a family, gifts for grandparents, aunties and uncles. With Thanksgiving come and gone it seems Christmastime is truly ...
November hike-u
November 22, 2009
study in contrasts orange blaze, cold river, gray bark November beauty And not related to the above poem (which I composed while hiking yesterday) but sort of... I have no words today to explain how the mountains, rushing rivers, bare trees and sunsets give me life. Call to me and ...
Slumdog Millionaire puts me in the dumps
June 7, 2009
Life is good and sweet, we're happy and healthy. All is really well. Then I watch a movie like this and realize yet again that life is not all well. I know this is supposed to be a modern day fairy tale but seeing children in poverty and pain is ...
Pruning raspberries and cleaning up my heart
April 1, 2009
I considered writing this in two separate posts so it would be more readable for the "masses" (all 16 of you) and more (are you ready for this honesty) Google searchable. Oops, did I actually say that? But forget Google, forget the masses! This is my blog I'll write it ...
Unexpected gifts & lessons
December 15, 2008
I hadn't expected... to connect mother to mother (about what else, our children's education) with a woman of different culture, race and religion. to download and discover photo after photo of beautiful families, whose eyes reflected a flame, never mind spark, of the Divine. to be creatively energized at the ...
Advent Giving
December 12, 2008
Two weeks ago, on the evening of Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, our family gathered with friends and friends of friends to talk about The Advent Conspiracy. More specifically, we gathered to answer the question: what could we, as a small group (some of us with connections to larger ...
