autumn life.
sunday laundry :: cranberry bread :: a journey of a thousand miles :: maple leaves what did you do this weekend?
View Articlean anniversary.
It's our one-year anniversary of living back in the States. While I would thoroughly miss my friends and family if we weren't here, I find myself wondering why we are here. Not in an existential crisis...
View Articlepatagonia in time lapse.
Guys, this is where we used to live. Granted, it's only the pretty side. But it's all pretty in the end anyway. Sometimes I feel like I'm lost in a time lapse. Have you ever been to Patagonia?
View Articlea time of understanding.
{thompson ave, where every house is lit up} On October 13 last year, I sat in the American Embassy in Santiago, Chile, watching the miners being rescued on CNN, feeling my baby hiccup and kick, and...
View Articlespark of rightness.
Do you ever have one of those moments where you breathe a sigh oh so sure that everything's right the way it is? I just had one of those moments. It's fleeting, because then you move on to the next...
View Articlegive your people smiles.
Today we're celebrating our first Christmas with a baby, only he's 11 months old and baby hardly seems to describe Rowan anymore. He feeds himself food, climbs, flirts, elates in the ladies' smiles,...
View Articlehappy new year, hello to you.
The day after Christmas we visited my dad, stepmom, and brother in northern Wisconsin. (It's the first time my dad met S or his grandson.) They live on the outskirts of a tiny one-horse town with one...
View Articlethis insular life.
You know what they say you should do when you don't know what to write about? Just give thanks. I guess that's about all I do on this here blog anyway. So here it is. I'm thanking my lucky stars...
View Articlenice surprises.
This is the photo we used on Rowan's birthday party invitation. I had big intentions of printing invitations, but time was running out, so I just sent an Evite. Also, because I couldn't find a recent...
View Articlehappy birthday, my little heart melter!
Dear Rowan Skye, Today you are one. I can't believe that you can reach the third shelf of the bookcase, that you take baby steps all by yourself when you're not thinking about it. I can't believe...
View Articlein a family state of mind.
I wrote a full blog last night, Firefox crashed, and none of it saved. It's definitely time for me to change browsers. Sigh la vie. It's been a rough couple of weeks with a feverish baby, who needed...
View Articlelearning to fly.
the journey: that's a whole lotta hormones to stabilize // reminiscing at six months So I was reading this article about how it basically takes nine months to birth a mother. I'd never thought about...
View Articlea soapy mess.
recovering from a lovely dinner, game, and wine night with friends strolling the Palace of Fine Arts in grey, windy weather // first shoots of spring When we got home from San Francisco this evening,...
View Articleeight days a week.
I'm thoroughly enjoying my family after hardly seeing them all week. Today we relaxed, ate eggs for breakfast, and went for an afternoon hike where we discovered a grove of cairns and a labyrinth, the...
View Articlehair story.
Self-Portrait With Cropped Hair by Frida I have a confession to make. I don't shave. After living abroad I stopped and started epilating. I learned (mistakenly or no) that pretty much only American...
View Articleseparating water.
{zipper art via pinterest} Now that I'm not near Rowan during the weekdays, I've taken to bringing him into the shower with me. When he was a baby and S wasn't there, I'd set Rowan outside the shower...
View Articleif i knew the way, i would take you home.
Hi. I'm behind with my life. How do you feel? This weekend it was so warm, we tried to spend most of it at the beach nearby. Sunday evening I ate an ice cream cone the size of Rowan's head (almost)....
View Articlea bit of lately.
1} when life gives you clementines, smile :: 2} chain-linked fence :: 3} tobias, king of the surrey :: 4} round earth :: 5} on the way to lover's point, monterey, ca :: 6} a bite of bright
View Articlethey call it a laundry list, because it needs to be cleaned.
There are essays running untamed through my hair. I'm non sequiturs and full of spine. Rowan's been walking for about a week. It's still funny to look over and see my tall little boy or put him down...
View Articlethe way we grow.
{almirante nieto, torres del paine} It's so fascinating to watch a little one grow. It is relearning wonder as the new person you have become. Remembering to play. To trust. To encourage: yourself and...
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