Trail running

The first time I ran to be alone with my fierce pummeling thoughts, the anxiety in my chest, the tears slick on my cheeks. The first time I ran with my hair down, floating behind me like a mane, up the grassy shaded path, up, up the hill, up higher until the blue of the [...]

Summer Routines & Rhythms

I’ve been thinking a lot about how I’m going to survive this summer and how my kids are going to survive this summer and how, optimally, hopefully, we’ll do it with a bit of grace and perhaps even some pizazz. So. To that end I’ve been trying to tackle the work-play rhythm I mentioned in [...]

There is an art to this

There is an art to this. To waiting, to being present in uncertainty when moments are only whatever it is that they are until the next moments arrive. +++ Today writing terrifies me. It terrifies me because of the way these stories last, the way we tell ourselves stories in order to be who we [...]

Big shoes to fill

Also: go take a peak at Liz’s sweet Ellie Jane. Welcome to the world little one!

Sweetness

The last few posts have been so moody and somber…but all kinds of lovely has been happening too: sunshine and a warm wind; chalk drawings and skateboarding in the garage; meandering walks down to the pond; homemade pizza with friends. And today: a trip to the farmer’s market, just Bean & me..to meet my lovely [...]