Self-Awareness
Saturday Morning Inspiration
January 29, 2011
Every Saturday morning (or Sundays if we hike on Saturday) during winter and fall I prepare baked Maine apples for breakfast. Sometimes I add frozen blueberries or raspberries also. We are still eating the raspberries from our marathon picking in early July. Saturday mornings start slow around our home. We ...
Creativity in our Homeschool ~ A Little Background
January 24, 2011
I could see from the very beginning that my children wanted to make and do and I determined to give them the freedom to do that. And then a realization dawned on me, the same freedom I gave them I wanted to give myself.
Camera Sabbatical
January 6, 2011
Starting yesterday I am taking a "forced" sabbatical from photography. For over a year now the connector cover (the little flap that closes over the USB connector and other gizmos) hasn't closed properly. I couldn't bring myself to part with my camera for an unspecified period of time, never mind ...
Closing Christmas
January 2, 2011
I learned something about myself these past couple weeks. And I learned something about my family, as in the family I have created with my husband. And that is simply this - certain traditions, routines and Christmas festivities do matter to us. I learned a lot more than this about myself, but that is for another time.
Season of Light (and Dark)
December 11, 2010
When I sat down to write this I thought, "you know, I think I've written something like this before?". So I did a little search and sure enough here it is, Season of Light from last year. This post is not a repeat of that one, though I continue to ...
Gifts For Mama
December 7, 2010
Last week I celebrated my 35th birthday with my family. It was a wonderful day, full of gifts and surprises. Not the kind of gifts you unwrap (though there were a couple of those) but gifts given and received in love. gifts from Brienne's birthday simply to illustrate the "gifts" ...
A Week of Un-Thanksgiving
November 23, 2010
This year Brienne's birthday falls on Thanksgiving Day. This "phenomenon" occurs every few years and the last time I recall it happening was six years ago when she turned two. We're not Americans (Brienne just corrected me, she and Laurent are Americans) so we don't have a history of celebrating ...
