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July 2016

July 20, 2016

Wordy Wednesday: House and Book

I've been surfing--well, that is entirely the wrong word--puddling round the Internet for an hour,...

July 18, 2016

Rest Awhile

This is about where I am as I consider the number of boxes before me...

July 14, 2016

Pokemon Go, Walmart, and a Muttering

Spent a significant portion of yesterday in the car, birthday shopping and shuttling people various...

July 13, 2016

Stuff, It Feels So Solid But It’s Not

Beginning to feel like it might someday be interesting to blog about something other than...

July 12, 2016

Looking For All The Things

"What should I write about?" I lately, as in this very moment, inquired of Matt....

July 11, 2016

Moving Stuff Around

Going to move all the big stuff today, which means sleeping in the new house...

July 08, 2016

7 Packing Political Takes

One Got through the living room and office yesterday just packing books. I'll just repeat...

July 07, 2016

The Life Changing Art of Packing Up

Well, I've done everything I can do to avoid packing. Today is the day to...

July 06, 2016

A Pile of Bricks in Babylon

Thank Goodness, the children like the house. I'm not the kind of mother that lets...

July 05, 2016

Notes from Home

Would you believe it. We totally lived through the last two weeks. I'm not exactly...

July 03, 2016

Notes from the Road: Nearly There

well, nearly to the point where we meet Matt. Only a five hour drive and...

July 02, 2016

Notes from the Road: Public Service Announcement

Munich, North Dakota is charming. Drove past hundreds of miles of beautiful yellow fields and...

July 01, 2016

Notes from the Road: Probably Dead

I actually think I have died and have been consigned to some very particular purgatory...

June 2016

June 30, 2016

Notes From the Road: Not Dead Yet

Up the Columbia River Gorge, through Eastern Oregon and into Eastern Washington, and today across...

June 29, 2016

Notes from the Road: Driving East

If it's Wednesday, we must be going to drive somewhere. Pretty sure it's east. Straight...

June 28, 2016

Notes from the Road: Up Very Early

Since yesterday we've *arrived in Portland *been swimming in Lake Oswego *had a boat ride...

June 24, 2016

Back to the Road

Wow. Britain voted to leave the EU. Wow. I wish I had the whole day...

June 23, 2016

Call Your Mother, or Grandmother

Slowly adjusting my sense of time to the hours at hand here, like a massive...

June 22, 2016

Fatigue Melts Away

Well, I've had seven cups of tea, and washed away the grime of the car,...

June 21, 2016

The Road Rolls on Forever

Sitting here in the dark listening to a lot of children snoring. Gosh I don't...

June 17, 2016

7 Museum Takes

[Obligatory Picture at the Alamo] One We can officially call this whole holiday a success,...

June 16, 2016

Self Care: A Lamentation

Still, just to pick up in the middle of yesterday's thought, I don't love the...

June 14, 2016

Shame and Self Acceptance

Recently a friend, who I admire very much, posted that she is letting a streak...

June 10, 2016

7 Chattering Takes

One I kind of feel like I should never have to write again, having reached...

June 07, 2016

The Importance of Being Embarrassed

Elphine and I got to see Love and Friendship yesterday while the little girls harassed...

June 06, 2016

Bits and Broken Pieces

It's so great to wake up late and find that all the children are still...

June 05, 2016

Sunday Wasn’t Made for the New York Times

Part of being on holiday means going to church like a regular person, sitting in...

June 03, 2016

Notes at the End of a Long School Year

Finished up the last exam for school yesterday, which probably explains why I'm so tired...

June 02, 2016

Ambrosial Flatbread

We went nearly a week without the magical einkorn bread. Somehow, contrary to scripture, the...

May 2016

May 30, 2016

American Fighter Aces

Last year on Memorial Day we got to travel to DC to help celebrate the...