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November 2015

November 24, 2015

Elphine and Tea

In the spirit of thankfulness, which, like the spirit of Christmas, is kind of an...

October 2015

October 20, 2015

You Must Be Joking: Confessions of a Bad Mother

Last night I instituted a brief reign of terror. That isn't exactly the appellation I'm...

August 2015

August 28, 2015

In Which I Blather On About My Children

Ah, the gentle early morning sound of children fighting and hitting each other with their...

June 2015

June 24, 2015

Look at me, I’m….

Another bright cheerful hot morning after so much rain. More rain is probably coming, but...

June 23, 2015

Light in the Darkness

We all didn't wake up until 8. Every day a little later. Except Matt, of...

June 17, 2015

Chicken and Couscous

Carrying on, even in this time of holiday, indulging in lunch rather than supper. Have...

May 2015

May 30, 2015

A dollar a book

The sky is gray. The teapot is chipped. !? Not by me was it chipped....

May 28, 2015

Traveling Mercies

If you're at all inclined towards prayer, my parents are going from one end of...

March 2015

March 25, 2015

Lamb and Lists

Having heard there was lamb at Price Rite, Elphine and I popped over there yesterday...

February 2015

February 06, 2015

Shifts and Changes: part four, the growing of children

I said yesterday that Motherhood is discovering every day the capacity to do more work,...

February 06, 2015

Shifts and Changes: part four, the growing of children

I said yesterday that Motherhood is discovering every day the capacity to do more work,...

January 2015

January 07, 2015

Wordy Wednesday

Tree's still up. Shedding needles everywhere. Sparkling in its dry crispy death. Children all horrifically...

December 2014

December 19, 2014

7QT: And So The Long Day Wore On

OneFamily argument last night about whether or not to hang stockings a week early."You have...

December 11, 2014

Christmas Crafting

It's beginning to feel a lot like Panic and that means facing down the dreaded...

November 2014

November 25, 2014

Kings and Thanksgiving

Alouicious fell on the ice on Friday, immediately upon sliding his skate happily out, after...

November 25, 2014

Kings and Thanksgiving

Alouicious fell on the ice on Friday, immediately upon sliding his skate happily out, after...

October 2014

October 27, 2014

Birthday Monday Haze

Not really a haze but a gorgeous sunny late fall pale chilly light blue sky....

October 24, 2014

Seven Tired Takes

One I guess I can't wake up before seven any more. It used to be...

October 13, 2014

A Battle Victorious

There, posted the lost post of last week. Now on to this week. Which includes...

July 2014

July 10, 2014

Wherever you go, there you are

I've got a busy day ahead of me. Elphine is turning 12 on Sunday and...

July 09, 2014

Wordy Wednesday: Loud Weeping Endures a Long Time

Baby Elspeth has a loud summer cold. She has been wandering around banging into things...

June 2014

June 24, 2014

Context, Children, a little Dinner

We gardened our way through the weekend in a frenzied and hysterical way, as we...

June 20, 2014

7 Takes About Some Stuff

One Elphine is down burning french toast. It smelled really glorious for about thirty seconds...

June 18, 2014

2014 Little League Champions

I know it can be Wordless Wednesday, but I don't know how to cope without...

June 16, 2014

Weekend in Review

I'm in The Usual Monday Morning Fog. My mind is clouded with a stupid haze...

April 2014

April 30, 2014

Wordy Wednesday: Frozen

I have a lot of stuff to do today and laying around here choosing words...

March 2014

March 17, 2014

Fat Little Horses

I am prying my eyes open from a deep healing sleep. I know it's nine...

March 13, 2014

Bearing Bravely Up My Chin

One of my Lenten "thoughts", I won't say spiritual discipline because I don't know that...

March 07, 2014

Ashes to Ashes: Death and Dogs and Children and Jesus

Ash Wednesday is always complicated. Matt and I both love church, you know, but we...

February 2014

February 27, 2014

Why Have All These Children Been Given All These Swords?

Elphine won her first little fencing match or parry or whatever it's called last night....