Self-Awareness
Mother's Day - The Day After
May 12, 2008
homemade soap curing in kitchenToday I surrender to the realities of homemaking and motherhood: breakfast dishes dirty floors an empty fridge I determine to quiet my restless creative spirit and appreciate the beauty of: ordered clothes drawers clean counters food prepared with love Keeping a home of peace, love and ...
Dandelion Love
May 9, 2008
This afternoon I listened as Laurent hammered a Mother's Day card/gift for me. "Thunk, thunk" followed by running downstairs (he was working in his room upstairs above the kitchen) and "I gotta go outside for something". Back indoors and upstairs. More banging, more trips outdoors. I know flowers were involved ...
Break's over
May 4, 2008
I thought I might be obsessed with blogging and photography so I forced myself to take a break. I thought it would be possible to simply enjoy the beauty around me without processing it with my keyboard and and sharing it with my camera. Couple things I've discovered. 1) Turns ...
Break for beauty and other life stuff
April 29, 2008
I love blogging about the beauty and blessings in my life. My children, my garden, family hikes, good recipes, good books, the farm, daily struggles and sweet successes, lovely soaps etc... I also like that blogging allows me to get on my soapbox and vent the occasional rant. But mostly ...
Creativity Part I
April 17, 2008
The desire for creative expression has been in the forefront for me these past couple months. I've been motivated during this life "season" to discover what energizes and moves me, to hone my crafts and become more skilled at communicating the beauty I see all around me. Thanks to my ...
Strangers in Our Midst
April 13, 2008
A few months ago I read the book Making Room: Recovering Hospitality As a Christian Tradition. After reading it I wrote the following review, which is in my goodreads: "We have always practiced hospitality but the Holy Spirit is using this book to help guide us in broadening that circle ...
Don't Make Me Count To Three
April 2, 2008
by Ginger Plowman Counting to three... as if. That's simply a sugarcoating for disobedience. [Off the soapbox] After reading Shepherding a Child's Heart by Tedd Tripp many moons ago this was a great refresher on parenting to the heart of our children. How to draw out the foolishness (in the ...
