Category Archives: General

So, yesterday was hot and humid in these parts. I called my friend Christi and arranged to meet her and her kids at a nearby lake “to splash around in the water and play in the sand.” And I told … Continue reading →

WHAT a great weekend! Three days (since Chad took Friday off) of hanging out in our backyard, moving dirt around and burning stuff. What could be better? (In fact, when I texted Chad on Wednesday to convince him to take … Continue reading →

My dad and stepmom have been sending Aiden camping gear for his birthdays lately. Last year, it was a really cool tent. This year, a sleeping bag. He has been dying, DYING, to have a “camping day.” So we planned … Continue reading →

We solved a huge problem in our back yard this week. I was so DONE with the “flower bed” behind the house that I was ready to just spend millions of dollars building a deck over it and never seeing … Continue reading →

They are SO CUTE. I could watch them all day. Aiden and I sit on the front steps and watch all the time. We laugh when they forget we are there and pop up and peep like crazy things. We … Continue reading →

He really, really does. He is one of the best workers I know. But it has to be REAL work. Grown-up work, not manufactured-for-a-kid-to-do work. This kid is a whiz with a shovel. I’m just sayin.’ He insisted on pushing … Continue reading →

It seems that way! Birthday after birthday, mother’s day, weddings, Memorial Day. . .it’s an endless stream of parties and making food to take and figuring out gifts and cards and who is taking whom. The older I get, the … Continue reading →

Wanna see some babies? I have two kinds, the birdy kind and the people kind. Here is the birdy kind: Mama and Papa robin are so very brave these days. Every time we look up there, we see these naked … Continue reading →

It was a big weekend! On Friday night, we were privileged to witness the wedding of our friends, Steve and Maggie. Chad was a groomsman, and he was looking pretty dapper if I say so myself. Since he was busy … Continue reading →

Or, Something Like That. What in the world? We’ve been going to Dan’s Dogs regularly for years now. But this is the first time we’d ever seen that amazing birthday hotdog hat! Aiden wore it the whole time he was … Continue reading →

For once, May Day lived up to my expectations, formed by poetry and the reading of too many books. It was SUNNY. It was NOT RAINING. It was even WARM. Birds were singing, flowers blooming—had I suddenly been transported away … Continue reading →

. . .Her hardest hue to hold. . .” We had such a lovely day yesterday—golden and muddy and sunburnt. One of those days. We packed up the dog and a picnic and extra clothes and boots and the first … Continue reading →

The world around here is finally greening and beautifuling. It’s amazing, every year. Tomorrow is MAY.

Thank you all for your kind words about my sweet Emma-cat. It is weird living without her. I keep expecting to see her around every corner and on every couch. Aiden has a very pragmatic attitude about the whole thing: … Continue reading →