October 12, 2012
The fire is crackling near my toes, snow is lightly falling outside (yes snow, it won't stay), my coffee in hand. Could this morning be more cozy? It was cold and wet in our neck of the woods this week. After the glory that has been our autumn so far, ...
October 8, 2012
I'm running this morning in a community race. One of the races we talked about this post at Outsideways. The last two family races we did I ran short distances with Brienne. I'm not much of a runner and but even I could handle the 1 kilmometer distance! Problem was, ...
September 27, 2012
I'm in a season of learning. As homeschoolers we place a high value on lifelong learning. In fact, it's one of our family's core values. Not only do Damien and I make time for our own learning because we want to grow, but we do this to model for our ...
September 11, 2012
Reading and writing at the edge of my personal growth, and the implications for this in other areas of life, like homeschooling.
September 6, 2012
For a couple years now I have been looking for the "one mug". As we have slowly downsized our belongings (maybe too much in some cases, we have only two wine glasses now in the house) the things we do decide to keep mean that much more to us. And ...
September 1, 2012
For several years now I've kept my hair short, very short. Damien cuts it with his clippers, just like going to the barber. I love the simplicity of short hair. I love not "doing" my hair. I am a low maintenance woman and short hair fits well with this. I ...
August 24, 2012
I am in a mild state of shock, as I'm sure many people are, that summer is nearly to an end. When I was actively gardening and my kids were younger, I used to live summer till the middle of September. According to the calendar, that's how long summer really ...