On holiday expectations, collisions, and delight:

There is something about first days of the holiday vacation when we’re all together as a family, converging on the kitchen with our apron pocket hearts stuffed full with expectations. We show up aproned and get flour everywhere, and then burst into tears, each of us in turn, when there is too much crowding and [...]

Starting the day:

My dreams are the kind that make no sense upon telling: dancing porcupines, crazy riots, precocious children, and a pervasive feeling that I was never entirely in control. It’s a little how I feel when I wake too, the wind blowing until it rocks the bird feeders off kilter, the air so warm it could [...]

How to fall in love with your life: the wisdom of little boys

Bean is watching my every subtle move. We are in the middle of a game of “alligator” and Sprout, perched on the couch cushions above us launches himself suddenly through the air, chubby thighs bare, and lands between his brother and me, straddling my chest, laughter erupting. Alligator is a game that Bean invented. It [...]

I decided to take you along on my walk today:

The first fat snowflakes this afternoon were so beautiful I had to stop and capture them. I intended to take a photo–but started recording video instead accidentally. So I went with it… and I’m kind of curious about what video offers that writing or photos don’t. What do you think? Also: obligatory Clover cuteness and [...]

The beauty of the light

The light’s been catching my eye lately. I can’t help photographing it. To look up from work and see how the world has changed; how the light has moved across the room, or walk the woods and find the shadows falling differently there. To see with my painter’s eye, the way there is more yellow [...]