When opportunity arrives

My nearly three year old Sprout settles into my arms in a familiar way that I can’t even describe. It is a language we share, between our bodies. Another way of saying LOVE, this thing that we do, folding into each other, his small arms and legs wrapped around my torso, the heft of him [...]

Inspiration, starting in, achievement, and resistance {Creative Cycles Part 1}

It will begin like this: with the sudden irreverent bark of a dog on a cold snowy night; or with the lilting flight of a hundred starlings among the naked poplar branches, or in line somewhere, waiting for a cappuccino, when you pause to take note of what you’re actually thinking, and there it will [...]

Slowly, softly, the new year arrived here:

I’ve been wanting so very much to show up here and tell you things, but with the new year came a fever—the kind I remember having as a little girl, and all I was able to do was curl under thick down covers and sleep. It’s not something I make time for readily: resting deeply, [...]

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 [...]

Another walk + A little creative challenge for your Friday:

Hi friends! I promise I won’t keep doing video posts. But it is kind of fun, I have to say! In this video I share a few in-the-moment ramblings, and the gorgeous views from the woods behind my house. And I tossed in a little creative challenge just for the fun of it. I’d love [...]