Archive for August, 2009

Keeping it local

Thursday, August 27th, 2009

Lately, I have found myself struck by the curiosity of the global system we have created regarding the exchange of goods.? (Well, to be honest I started this post two years ago, so…by “lately” I mean on and off for the past couple of years.)? We have so effectively integrated the global trade of goods [...]

A Place of My Own

Thursday, August 20th, 2009

I bought this book about 10 days before I found out I was pregnant.? There has always been this deep need that regularly manifests itself to me, through daydream, to have a simple place of my/our own to retreat to.? A place of solitude.? Of simplicity.? And of nature.? At the time we were looking [...]

My Earth Baby Baby Shower

Thursday, August 13th, 2009

In mid-July my sister, Kathryn, threw me the greatest baby shower.? It definitely did not/would not fall into the traditional baby shower category, but that is part of what I loved about it.? She made it custom.? Just for me.? I love that what mattered most to her was that I felt comfortable, loved, and [...]