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January 2018

January 12, 2018

7 Fascinating Takes

[You can't have coffee here unless you go to Africa.] It's Friday and it's raining,...

January 07, 2018

Light That The Darkness Cannot Overcome

When you fix yourself to Christ, what do you think is going to happen? Most...

August 2017

August 29, 2017

Words or Pictures?

Matt found and posted on Facebook this fantastic picture of Trump crushing the serpent (who,...

May 2017

May 07, 2017

Still Standing

Looks like we survived the synod. When I left the church yesterday afternoon everyone was...

April 2017

April 18, 2017

Easter Tuesday

Still very much not awake. So so so not awake. Have to wander around in...

March 2017

March 15, 2017

Snowpocalypse 2017

Snow is still careening headlong from the sky, as it has been through the night...

February 2017

February 18, 2017

School, Book and Bedroom Notes

This is the first week since I succumbed to this ghastly thyroid problem six weeks...

January 2017

January 05, 2017

On the Last Day of Christmas

The Grandparents are leaving, which is utterly tragic. And the house is, what you might...

November 2016

November 05, 2016

Autumn Notes on Home and Daylight Savings

I have got to plant out some bulbs today, even though it's probably late. I've...

May 2016

May 30, 2016

American Fighter Aces

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

March 2016

March 28, 2016

He is Risen, We are Sleeping

July 2015

July 23, 2015

Anne and her Binghamton Garden

I trust you all have read Elizabeth and her German Garden and understand the aptness...

July 21, 2015

Reality on Every Side

I lived under the mistaken impression, yesterday, that I was cleaning the house, only to...

June 2015

June 08, 2015

The road rolls on forever

If you want to descend to the depths of childhood depravity, have a second child...

June 01, 2015

Monday Blech

Three nights of weird Nyquill induced nightmares have not improved my capacity to cope with...

May 2015

May 29, 2015

Look, I didn’t really blog

Survived Shepherd's Bowl, thanks to amazing and most unexpected help. Soup turned out ok, even...

May 26, 2015

The Robin and Flowers

Have just been jarringly awakened by the sound of Matt shouting out the window at...

April 2015

April 07, 2015

Easter Pictures

Boy am I still in a horribly dull stupor. Its kind of a relief that...

February 2015

February 20, 2015

End of a Long Week

In a couple of minutes I'm going to roust the children out of bed so...

January 2015

January 30, 2015

7 Successful Quick Takes

Occasionally life ticks along In a regular way without crisis or incident and you find...

October 2014

October 22, 2014

Wordy Wednesday: For Want of a Marker

Enough of death and suffering. Going to shelve that for a bit and try to...

August 2014

August 25, 2014

A Week at The Camping of the Woods

Kept a sort of running blog last week, adding to it on and off, and...

June 2014

June 16, 2014

Weekend in Review

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

June 10, 2014

Rhubarb and Flowers

I love the gray and the green together, reminding me so much of Oregon as...

March 2014

March 28, 2014

And So The Long Day Wore On

I woke up during the night to the sound of rain and a child crying...

December 2013

December 17, 2013

the cat and the baby

October 2013

October 23, 2013

a quiet, grayish afternoon

Everybody wishes for excitement here and there, but sometimes a quiet productive afternoon is the...

May 2013

May 28, 2013

the laundry: that great dark cloud of despair

I really ought to be downstairs doing laundry...I feel like that line should be set...

May 14, 2013

i’m the mother

I'm still basking in the glow of Mother's Day. Matt bought me this gorgeous cup...

May 01, 2013

{phfr}:gasp

In a last ditch effort to save my children from the "indifferent" education I've always...