I guess she has a future in catalog copy?
Rilla, standing in front of the coat closet: “I’m looking for Jane’s old coat with flowers on it.” My mother, pulling out the flowered coat directly in front of Rilla’s face: “You mean this one?”...
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a monday in march
Well, I tried. Sat down at the start of my work time today, fully intending to transition with a blog post just like the old days, but a pressing email caught my attention…and here I am eight hours...
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Not to make you feel old or anything, but
…Rilla is ten years old today. The posts from the week following her birth gave me a lot of smiles. And then I just sat here quietly freaking out for a while because that was TEN YEARS AGO.
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Hashtag: priorities
So. August. I spent yesterday recovering from a month of late nights and shifting time zones. This morning it was back to work. Still high summer (low tide) for the kids, but mama’s got a pile of...
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Assorted Friday notes
I did a Periscope yesterday on a topic that had been requested by a Brave Writer mom: How I make time to pursue my own interests and hobbies while homeschooling, writing, juggling doctor appointments,...
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Scott: I got you a present. (demonstrates opening a soda can with magical doohickey) Me: That’s genius. You’re a genius. Scott: See, that’s what you’ll think every time you use it. ‘He was a damn...
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new leaf, day one
Up before dawn to comfort a sobbing seven-year-old who awoke to the sad realization that he fell asleep before the New Year arrived. We cuddled on the couch for a long while, chattering (him) and...
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day two: books and bears
1. Huck this morning: “Why are you on a site called Goo Dreads?” Dread is actually an apt word for my feelings about catching up my Goodreads, which (thanks to Cybils) is about thirty YA novels...
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day thirteen: barefoot boy
We interrupt this reading journal for a brief burst of mommyblogging. (But I promise you some Poetry Friday at the end.) The child whose blog name was decided before his real name was firmly settled...
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day fourteen: all about weeds
1. A bonus post for today! But this one’s mostly for me: another little addition to our family collection of All About Weeds stories. Strangely, I can’t find the first All About Weeds story in my...
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day seventeen: tired
I couldn’t get to sleep last night. This hardly ever happens. I usually nod off while reading, but I just kept turning pages and suddenly it was 1:30a.m. And then I lay there trying with all my might...
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day 25: birthday
It’s 9pm, I’ve just sent off an assignment that was due, and we’re about to celebrate Beanie’s birthday with a viewing of The Fellowship of the Rings. (Well, half of it. It’s long. It’s late.) This...
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day 33: jamestown
I’m sure you don’t need me to tell you that this is a recreation of the Jamestown fort. As my friend Lori said on Instagram, “the Ikea stepstools are a dead giveaway.” The settlers are getting along...
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pink paper pianos
Last night I was chatting with Jane on Slack—she had a story for me about her Victorian Lit class—and Sherlock Holmes came up. She asked if I remembered how old she was when she started reading them. I...
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high-tide highlights, week of may 8
Geography songs — Scandinavia Latin vocab chants Perimeter and area Earworms German Poetry — “The Stolen Child,” “The Song of the Happy Shepherd,” Yeats Tall tale: Pecos Bill Fairy tale: Rapunzel...
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Northward, ho!
Some news now, some news later. The now news: A week from tomorrow, we are moving to Portland, Oregon. I just totally freaked myself out with the words “a week from tomorrow.” Jiminy crickets, this is...
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wednesday
Eek, it’s all happening so fast. Today the kids have their last piano classes. This will be a hard goodbye. They’ve been students at Wagner’s Music School since shortly after we arrived here. It was...
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August 1: looking back
Here we are. New city, new house, new life. There’s a lot to tell. For now, tonight, just a few glimpses of our July.
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