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darkness, then light

{anna and i at 4:30 a.m.....just now will have to wait until tomorrow when i'm less tired}it's been so long since i've walked these floors in the dark hours of night, a blanket pulled about me, the cat...

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just now :: april 9, 2013

current time: 9:46 p.m.in my belly: frozen bananas with peanut butter and dark chocolatein my ears: "Heart of Peace" by David & Steve Gordon, it's yoga after this quick updateout the window: you...

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growing a business :: growing a life

I am turning this series around as I make the decision to let go of the stress that is growing a business.  I am opting into a more organic approach to this business building.  After several...

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just now :: april 15, 2013

current time: 4:52 pmin my belly: Italian vegetable soup I made this weekendin my ears: "In Your Eyes" Peter Gabriel, will always love this songout the window: Spring. Where last week the buds were...

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in the shop soon....

  

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growing :: identifying themes

As a part of creating the direction of my life, blog and business I decided that first I needed to identify what it was I wanted and was searching for.  One of the best ways I have found to do this is...

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just now :: april 21, 2013

current time: 7:43 pmin my belly: chicken leek pie and roasted spinach and portabellas with feta. this is me holding the bunch of leeks my sister gave me from her garden...WIN!in my ears: Dr. Who in...

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three ducks

There is a backyard homestead on my route to work in the mornings.  Sometimes I can spy a few chickens pecking around in roadside brush.  While they are beautiful and a joy to see, I wish they would...

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growing :: making friends and enemies

The most wonderful thing has happened since I started this journey. I have made the most amazing friends and connections in places I never thought possible.  I would have never known such a great...

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cherry blossoms on the breeze

walking with the laundry basket on my hipthe warm breeze blew cherry blossomsacross the path in front of meas i was making my waytowards the clotheslinei turned to watch the bloomsfalling in slow...

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just now :: may day 2013 :: beginning again

just now i am discovering her againshe is brand new to me, this creature,all long and lanky,coltishfull of spark and fire and ragepushing herself in and pulling awayone minute needing me and the nextno...

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growing :: between two worlds

This is why we are late.  This is why the children are still in bed sleeping. This is why I am running out the door to work. This thing that pulls at me, beckoning me.We are standing at the end of the...

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just now :: May 6, 2013

current time: 4:11 p.m.in my belly: leftover spinach braid and scalloped potatoes from last night's dinnerin my ears:  One Direction, What Makes You Beautiful   This makes me laugh, because I don't...

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bad days

Today was one of those days.  Vowing to go to bed early, it is still 9:30 pm when I put the dinner things away.  Just as I'm about to collapse into bed, the dog messes in the hallway and I drag myself...

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growing :: letting things go

(these flowers were left for me on my doorstep today from an anonymous friend)I learned an important lesson this week. Stop thinking so much. Quit planning. Quit scheming. Quit fretting. It was a rough...

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just now :: may12, 2013

current time: 10:20 pmin my belly: dinner at Mom's:  roasted vegetables, mashed potatoes w/mushroom gravy and a spinach salad then brownie sundaes for dessert with fresh whipped cream (yes, my mother...

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from the depths of the mind, you blossom

your mind is a gardenabout to burst into bloomwith beautiful colors thatyou may never have imaginedcould grow in such infertile soilfar reaching tendrilsreach and wind through your depthsstretching out...

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{this moment}

(K as a future librarian)I want to be a librarian when I grow up because I love books and I just love all of the library programs that the librarians do and they get well paid for it.  You will also...

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just now :: may 19, 2013

current time: 8:50 pmin my belly: a quick leftover spaghetti dinnerin my ears: "Gold" by Wake Owlout the window: a faint light, as the day closes at 8:00 pm.by my bedside: I read "The Kitchen House" so...

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birdwatching

this morning the sparrows all gathered in the feed tree like gossips.  I heard them first thing when I opened my bedroom windowthey make the morning a little easierlast night the house finch was...

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