b ~ To spit out all the butt-ends of my days and ways?

  January wipes the slate clean, a chance for a do-over. Like passing Go in Monopoly and knowing you’re about to be handed $200. The ends of last year’s days have led us to this. Last year’s One Little Word

b ~ To spit out all the butt-ends of my days and ways?

  January wipes the slate clean, a chance for a do-over. Like passing Go in Monopoly and knowing you’re about to be handed $200. The ends of last year’s days have led us to this. Last year’s One Little Word

a ~ To spit out all the butt-ends of my days and ways?

I don’t miss a whole lot about having babies in the house, but one thing I do miss is that look of contentedness on a six month old as he sits in a patch of sunlight and chews a squeaky toy. At

a ~ To spit out all the butt-ends of my days and ways?

I don’t miss a whole lot about having babies in the house, but one thing I do miss is that look of contentedness on a six month old as he sits in a patch of sunlight and chews a squeaky toy. At

b ~ Then how should I begin

When she had first brought the new journal home, the empty pages had made her think of fields of fresh snow, those white expanses that she had awakened to as a child when they visited the countryside in winter, flat

b ~ Then how should I begin

When she had first brought the new journal home, the empty pages had made her think of fields of fresh snow, those white expanses that she had awakened to as a child when they visited the countryside in winter, flat

a ~ Then how should I begin

Ahhhh. A brand new year. The beginning of another end. A time for resolutions and resolution! I love making resolutions. Here are some of mine: 1. Feed vegetables to the children and answer their questions with a reasonable attempt at

a ~ Then how should I begin

Ahhhh. A brand new year. The beginning of another end. A time for resolutions and resolution! I love making resolutions. Here are some of mine: 1. Feed vegetables to the children and answer their questions with a reasonable attempt at

b ~ We are on holiday, in our homes!

*This last picture features a print from the talented Matthew Cordell. It reminds me so much of my own childhood, when there was time to take off, galloping through the fields.  If you’d like to see this image for yourself,

b ~ We are on holiday, in our homes!

*This last picture features a print from the talented Matthew Cordell. It reminds me so much of my own childhood, when there was time to take off, galloping through the fields.  If you’d like to see this image for yourself,

a ~ We are on holiday, in our homes!

Today I am warm inside my house, surrounded by boys eating potato chips and sweet bread, while the world outside freezes in glorious positions of varying decay. Today, the world is kind, at least to me and mine. I hope

a ~ We are on holiday, in our homes!

Today I am warm inside my house, surrounded by boys eating potato chips and sweet bread, while the world outside freezes in glorious positions of varying decay. Today, the world is kind, at least to me and mine. I hope

b ~ When I am pinned and wriggling on the wall,

I woke my husband early this morning, by wanting to hold his hand. He asked me what was wrong. To which I replied, Everything. In his still sleepy voice he reassured me that it would all would be okay. He

b ~ When I am pinned and wriggling on the wall,

I woke my husband early this morning, by wanting to hold his hand. He asked me what was wrong. To which I replied, Everything. In his still sleepy voice he reassured me that it would all would be okay. He

a ~ When I am pinned and wriggling on the wall,

Poor M got into a car accident on Sunday, heading home from hockey practice. He’s fine. L, who was in the back seat lost in hockey dreams, is fine. Everyone in the other car is fine. M’s car is badly

a ~ When I am pinned and wriggling on the wall,

Poor M got into a car accident on Sunday, heading home from hockey practice. He’s fine. L, who was in the back seat lost in hockey dreams, is fine. Everyone in the other car is fine. M’s car is badly

a ~ The eyes that fix you in a formulated phrase, And when I am formulated, sprawling on a pin,

I’ve always been a writer. Well, not always. I used to be a baby. And for a while I was a ballerina, photographer, mother of 12, cheerleader, astronaut, Olympic equestrian and brain surgeon. But none of those worked out, so

a ~ The eyes that fix you in a formulated phrase, And when I am formulated, sprawling on a pin,

I’ve always been a writer. Well, not always. I used to be a baby. And for a while I was a ballerina, photographer, mother of 12, cheerleader, astronaut, Olympic equestrian and brain surgeon. But none of those worked out, so

b ~ The eyes that fix you in a formulated phrase, And when I am formulated, sprawling on a pin,

One of my favorite parts of Schoemperlen’s In the Language of Love, was the fact that the family cookbooks lived in a drawer under Joanna’s bed. No one thought it weird or strange, it was just accepted as it was.

b ~ The eyes that fix you in a formulated phrase, And when I am formulated, sprawling on a pin,

One of my favorite parts of Schoemperlen’s In the Language of Love, was the fact that the family cookbooks lived in a drawer under Joanna’s bed. No one thought it weird or strange, it was just accepted as it was.