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a long and winding hodge podge of learning and living that i have decided to stop editing and move on from… read at your own risk (warning! verbosity ahead!), and probably pour yourself a cup of tea first.
science fair! i had the privilege of being the . . . → Read More: ~two months in the life of a lifelong learner~ percolator  Leave a comment  abundance, gratitude, lifelong learning, natural world, parenting  abundance, art, beach, being a mama, birthday, books, celebration, chess, cousins, cursive, drums, family, friends, grammy and grampy, gratitude, karate, lifelong learning, love, music, mythology, nature, new york, origami, outdoor school, outside, parenting, pi, programming, reading, science, time management 
he’s a certified car vacuuming technician from way back. (apart from normal you’re-part-of-the-household chores that are not money-earners, there are above-and-beyond chores that do provide that opportunity. running the shop-vac around the car is one of them, and motivated by a new deck of pokemon cards, the lad did a fabulously thorough . . . → Read More: ~a month in the life of a lifelong learner~ portal to the overworld Leave a comment abundance, gratitude, lifelong learning, natural world, parenting abundance, back yard, beach, being a mama, camping, celebration, certified technician, family, gratitude, karate, lifelong learning, love, mandalas, nature, ocean, outside, pancakes, parenting, theatre camp, tidepooling, trampoline, wedding 
the day after our 3 month anniversary, i went for a run on the beach and noticed what looked like shimmering glass marbles in the surf zone. upon closer examination i figured out that they were jelly blobs, and more specifically, ctenophores. i have had a love for ctenophores ever since i learned about them . . . → Read More: quest for sparkles 
rainbow veggies! i am soaking in the brightly colored summer vegetables while we still have them for a little bit longer. and of course, i compulsively arrange them into rainbows. a real live rainbow! pink: pink and pink! and a shout out to flat bride, wherever she may be . . . → Read More: ~rainbow mondays~ meadowhawks and dragonberries 
peaches were languishing on the kitchen table, because even though i knew i could only handle a small number, zero might have been a more accurate estimate, based on the other many things i needed to tackle this week. my writing agenda is not so much languishing as sitting and patiently awaiting a mellower . . . → Read More: ~rainbow mondays~ return of bridezilla 
rainbow wedding research and development makes doing the dishes much more stimulating. this round of flowers includes pear blossoms, quince, that pink flower that grows everywhere which i just learned is a wild geranium called herb robert, a daffodil looking lovely today, a dandy dandelion, fern and lemon balm holding down the greens and . . . → Read More: ~rainbow mondays~ beginnings and endings and all the things in the middle 
i spent part of spring break on wedding projects, including dying and cutting the fabric for prayer flags i am asking my guests to help decorate. checking items off the to-do list feels pretty good! i also gave my rainbow jar/flower plan a test run, even though i didn’t have any orange . . . → Read More: ~rainbow mondays~ a happy return of the day! 3 comments abundance, gratitude, natural world, parenting, rainbow mondays abundance, anemones, back yard, beach, being a mama, birthday, celebration, family, flowers, gardening, gratitude, hiking, karate, love, minecraft, nature, ocean, outside, parenting, photography, plants, rainbow mondays, sea urchins, self care, tidepooling, yoga 
i’ve been thinking about how we can move towards finding connections, instead of focusing on differences. i see the image above and i think idealistically about how the united states would be so cool if we lived up to our image as a place where all are welcome. (i do not know the source . . . → Read More: ~rainbow mondays~ the rainbow connection 
my good friend, frederick douglass, was asked how it felt in his first moments of freedom from slavery. he found that words were inadequate to capture those feelings, saying, “anguish and grief, like darkness and rain, may be depicted; but gladness and joy, like the rainbow, defy the skill of pen or pencil.” still, we . . . → Read More: ~rainbow mondays~ gladness and joy, like the rainbow 
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