1. this outdoor shower. {and my dad for making it.} 2. this pool. {for getting here.} 3. these scraps. {for turning into something.} 4. these daylilies. {for always being here.} 5. this bathing suit.…
Have a hankering to make your very own 19th century lawn game? Well! You’ve come to the right place! I don’t remember where exactly my sisters and I got the set of graces that…
My latest spin around the sun has officially been marked with chocolate cake and cousins, old friends and various takes on the Spaghett. We’ve had swims in the Sound and a swim in a…
It’s summer. I plan on doing some hanging out. And I’d like a pair of perfect shorts to do that in. Too much to ask? I have a great pair of cut-offs that I…
We don’t have a TV. Like other radiantly aging millennials, not having a TV doesn’t mean we don’t watch TV or movies, but it probably does mean that the *way* we watch them is…
I’ve had pink eye, which is an unreasonably rosy name for something decidedly miserable. It coursed through all of my kids and settled in with me and while it was never welcome in the…
In an alternate reality I meet gray, rainy winter days with good spirits, sartorial preparedness, and a cup of warm tea to take the chill off. The truth is, I did recently decide to…
I’ve been listening lately, to the voices of my children recounting their school days and to the protestations of my lower back when I forget to do my exercises and to the leaves that…
By roughest estimation, the total number of meals I’ve fed my children to date is somewhere around 8,000. It’s a ridiculous number and surely a faulty calculation, not least of all because it fails…
1. these cosmos {for seemingly surviving.} 2. this embroidery thread. {and getting it ready for 7th birthday party favors.} 3. these notes. {and making some headway on projects.} 4. this last patch. {don’t care…