knightley

Monday May 4th, 2009

I wrote a guest post on my husband’s blog today, a tribute to our dog Knightley.

wishes

Tuesday June 2nd, 2009

… for a summer filled with deliberate moments, with ice cream faces and pajama days, with burnt marshmallow s’mores and sand castle hands, with evening walks and garden bounty.

Enjoy your summer. I’ll see you back here sometime after the school bell rings.

simple pleasures

Saturday March 13th, 2010

In my early days of motherhood, when I first tasted that shocking loss of independence, my mom taught me to seek out simple pleasures. For her, it was the treat of a fountain coke and a mystery novel, lingered over in the car while she waited for us to get out of school. This is [...]

springtime at frog creek

Tuesday April 6th, 2010

Despite the gusting winds, the rain, the puddles, the frost cuddling up to the strawberry blossoms this morning — or maybe because of all these — I know spring is here.

I see it in the broody hen, who growls at me and fluffs her stuff every afternoon when I steal her eggs away.

It’s there in [...]