August 24:: Treehouse

“I want a fort really, really bad Mommy. Can we make one?” Today I said yes. Yes, and a pile of wood destined for the dump became a flying boat fort. He built it nearly half himself. Singing, hammering, adding knobs and buttons and tubing and the appropriate tree fort signs. And then he came [...]

August 5::Thursday

This boy makes me smile all day long. I snapped these right after his nap… when he was all sleepy and mellow still. Love his little bum in the air. +++ Today was all about long walks and conversations with my best friend… Conversations interrupted by little boys asking for snacks and finding caterpillars and [...]

Saying Yes

The summer rain is falling slantwise against the open window glass. The sills are damp, the view a duotone of green and grey: foliage and clouds. In my new studio the window looks out on an apple tree, Norway beeches, and beyond the cloud cover, the mountains not so very far off. I’ve spent most [...]

A quiet space

Here are some studio glimpses…I love it so. And today I am trying to make one more hard, important, life-changing decision about career pursuits. It depends wholly on others: their help, support, time, etc. And it’s about having kids and having a career, naturally. About pursuing graduate school now, or waiting. It’s about feeling like [...]

Retrospective

Hi friends. How was your day? I spent the day sifting through the artifacts of who I used to be. I moved my things into my new studio today (pictures tomorrow in the morning sunlight!) and spent hours sorting and perusing and riffling, and discovering again who I used to be. Since I was twelve [...]

Fishing at home

I discovered a blog this past week that I am absolutely smitten with, that has made all the difference this week in terms surviving summer and having some fun while we’re at it. It’s by a dad, Joel, who is also a designer, artist, crafter, and kid-toy-making genius. Using Joel’s design as inspiration I sent [...]

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 [...]