August 4::Wednesday

Humidity; swimming in the pond; watching airplanes land at the airport observation deck; cherries and chocolate; what it feels like to be surrounded by your favorite people in the whole world.

The way things go + some current crushes

Hi! I have so many things I want to share with you today. First, some crushes: These luminous folder icons have completely revamped my desktop and seriously upped both my cool factor and organization. These fabulous planers are also rocking my organizational world. I am so not an organized girl when it comes to creative [...]

Then & now and yes

Yes It could happen any time, tornado, earthquake, Armageddon. It could happen. Or sunshine, love, salvation. It could you know. That’s why we wake and look out–no guarantees in this life. But some bonuses, like morning, like right now, like noon, like evening. ~ William Stafford (Found this poem here today.) +++ Do you ever [...]

Around here today

I felt like sharing a few photos of everyday things today. Some tunes I’ve been liking. A new place I’ve been collecting the things that catch my eye. Also really enjoying some of the new self portraits up in the Self Portrait Sunday Flickr pool~grab your camera and join in (you know you want to.) [...]

one of those days

Today I left my keys on the roof of my car dropping Bean off at school and spent the better part of an hour looking for them in the parking lot in the slick mud with Sprout on one hip…. one of those mornings (not enough coffee+ not enough sleep + feeling kind of sick [...]

all or nothing + love

Today I am… sipping the first iced latte of the year… letting my hair dry naturally…(it gets curly) gathering chapter ideas letting the dishes sit in the sink… listening to my rosters out-crow each other… cutting forsythia for vases to go in sunny windowsills… working from home today… …and feeling grateful for you today (in [...]

A list for Wednesday

What is your greatest human intent? Where we are and where we’ve been Cherry blossoms One year ago, today What are you up to today?

Timing is everything, as usual.

ARGH! So I left my laptop power cord at work this afternoon which means that my laptop has run out of battery juice and I’m left stranded in an all-PC household unable to finish the video component of the Kickstarter project I so very much wanted to launch tonight. I work almost 45 minutes away [...]