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December 2015

December 30, 2015

War on Women, Thy Name is Overall

I haven't been willing to believe that there's a war on women in America today....

November 2015

November 26, 2015

Happy Thanksgiving!

Today I'm thankful, without any reservations, For Matt and his boundless patience and also that...

November 24, 2015

Elphine and Tea

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

September 2015

September 02, 2015

What Should I Expect?

Well, we survived our first day of school. I always like to torture myself before...

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...

August 03, 2015

Yes, Marigold, today is BBS

I have already been up for several hours, even though it is Monday, because today...

July 2015

July 29, 2015

Wordy Wednesday

How late I am this morning. I think I've been up for hours but I'm...

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...

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...

February 2015

February 25, 2015

Part Two: Will it be ok?

Let me begin by saying that it's completely ridiculous for me to presume to write...

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,...

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...

November 2014

November 20, 2014

The Magic of Christmas

Is it already Thursday? That's too bad. Was trying to "sleep in" on my little...

October 2014

October 27, 2014

Birthday Monday Haze

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

June 2014

June 20, 2014

7 Takes About Some Stuff

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

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...

June 2013

June 04, 2013

oh grow up

I've just been making a great long comprehensive list of everything I need to do...

April 2013

April 22, 2013

weekend haze

Yesterday was the Queen's birthday so Elphine made an Italian Apple Cake again. She had...

February 2013

February 10, 2013

the poem of god

We watched The Prince of Egypt recently in our usual lackadaisical weekly watching of A...

November 2012

November 01, 2012

all hallow’s eve

Everyone, finally including me, has got some sort of early autumn cold.Fortunately the sore throat...

October 2012

October 25, 2012

children’s books with an edge

Tired of the soupy sweet repetitiveness of Children's Books? Longing for something with a little...

September 2012

September 28, 2012

lilies of the field

I'm in the middle of the Great Autumn Clothes Change Over of 2012. Its not...

September 05, 2012

the season

Sitting here with a profound cold in the head trying to watch the Democratic Convention....

June 2012

June 12, 2012

cook with your children, the experts say

Elphine is making brownies. She's been making them since about 1pm this afternoon. I've been...

April 2012

April 12, 2012

easter haze

We're attempting to take a few days off,which means I'm not going to leap out...

November 2011

November 09, 2011

one thing and another

I kept tripping over this all day. When I'd sit down it would try to...

October 2011

October 09, 2011

faith the size of a small plastic bead?

So some of you might have seen on Facebook that Gladys did indeed put a...