I don’t know if February is officially chocolate month, but it is my birthday month… and I love chocolate. So, in this house it is kind of official. Others of you may celebrate a holiday known as Valentine’s Day. Ever heard of it? Well, it is a day that love is celebrated and many people [...]
Finn and I have been taking A LOT of trips to the library. There is usually a notice that my on hold books are on the bottom shelf because there are so many. We walk out with smiles on our faces, our bag full and usually some that wouldn’t fit, balance on my arms. At the [...]
This morning Finn and I were making play dough and having a great time together. It was really sweet how excited he was getting about it. ”Cook! Cook! Us! Cook!” I love it. Then, the next thing I know we are both covered in raspberry colored flour and water. I mean really covered. It’s [...]
Until a couple of months ago, I had not baked a single loaf of bread since Finn was born. I can’t even believe it. Before that sweet little boy came into my life, I was getting fairly deep into the bread baking world. I was reading about the bread science of bacteria, gluten, chemical reactions, [...]
I can hear my son’s crisp, clear voice. It is light and sweet as he speaks with a quality that is very him. He is confident, playful, clever, unassuming, thoughtful, and bold as he gives life to words and sentences that are new to him. I find encouragement in the way that he naturally has [...]
A sailboat is going by and it very much looks like a pirate ship. It’s progress is steady though it seems to only drift along the water, a solitary vessel. The mountains are a shadow behind the clouds. I’ve gone outside to sit and be, to take a few moments to allow my mind to [...]
I have gathered different bits of information over the past few years about this plot of land. Though I do not know for a fact that any of my conclusions are true, but my observations are. We have walked by this place regularly for years and have seen its evolution. All things change and we [...]
In Seattle if you want to stop getting unwanted phone books the city has made it very easy to accomplish this. Go to www.seattle.gov/stopphonebooks I just did it and it took me 2 minutes.
We have aphids on our Star Jasmine plant. I had heard of aphids before, but I didn’t know what they looked like until I called the Seattle Tilth Garden Hotline and told them that I had these tiny green bugs covering the petals. Getting rid of aphids: Get the aphids that are currently on the [...]
Today is my mom’s birthday. She would be 58 years old. A few weeks ago Mummy died unexpectedly. Cancer, it seems, had quietly ravaged her entire body. There has been so much to think about regarding her life, her death, and our relationship. Our relationship was really hard and for over a decade I did [...]