zero landfill christmas

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handmade fabric-and-ribbon reusable giftwrap from grammy’s house ~ reused a dozen times so far and will reuse again to infinity!

reused last-year’s-christmas-card-gift tags, also via grammy’s genius ~ reused and recyclable

random scraps and trappings ~ will get reused again and again by a certain boy (“it’s a net for catching fish!”)

. . . → Read More: zero landfill christmas

~this moment~ little tree

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a friday ritual. a photo capturing a moment from the week. a simple, special moment. a moment i want to pause, savor and remember.

inspired by soulemama

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~this moment~ hot cocoa in bed

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a friday ritual. a photo capturing a moment from the week. a simple, special moment. a moment i want to pause, savor and remember.

inspired by soulemama

other posts you may enjoy:~dwell~ the lovers, the streamers, and mea month of unschooldiversity

simple poems

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many of the things my little boy says are poetry to my ears:

12-4-10 on our way somewhere… (i manage to gather a fraction of these bits of poems on scraps of paper and a few of them survive the trip through the laundry in the pocket of my jeans and . . . → Read More: simple poems

happy winter solstice!!!

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i hope everyone has a wonderful winter solstice! i know i am positively joyful at the prospect of more sunlight!!! my little tree and i are happily looking forward to putting down even more roots in the year to come.

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recollections from the tummy

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“when you were growing inside my tummy, i ate lots and lots of these little oranges. i always love getting them every year now, because it reminds me of when you were in there.”

“yeah! when i was in your tummy and you would eat the little oranges, it made me . . . → Read More: recollections from the tummy

river quilt

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i put this quilt top together roughly 6 years ago… and over a year ago, my sweet mom helped me iron and pin this top to the batting and backing, so that i can make my first attempt at machine quilting… and there it has remained………

well, i’ve pulled it out. i’ve been . . . → Read More: river quilt

~this moment~

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a friday ritual. a photo capturing a moment from the week. a simple, special moment. a moment i want to pause, savor and remember.

inspired by soulemama

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he knows himself

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favorite quotes from the weekend:

responding to a friend asking him if he goes to school:

“no, i don’t like school, so i’m not going to go.”

so interesting to me, because we’ve never really discussed it to the point where i knew his stance on the . . . → Read More: he knows himself

go yurting!

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yurts are our happy place. there is something so womb-like and meditative about being in a round space. it’s impossible to describe, so you should just try it yourself! yurts are downright affordable accommodations in many of our oregon coast state parks… and make winter camping completely doable. they are . . . → Read More: go yurting!