memorables

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my mom has a lot of family photos hanging on the stairs in the house where i grew up. we painted that hallway sometime when i was old enough to use a hot glue gun to make these funny puffy fabric-wrapped frames for some of the photos. mom had wanted to have more photos hanging . . . → Read More: memorables

in your mind

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i want to be like quinn when i grow up. i want to be able to be anything at all, in my own mind, in any given moment, just like him.

ordinary games of chess become wizard’s chess, and we are harry and ron, playing each other.

an ordinary train becomes the . . . → Read More: in your mind

~this moment~ camping…continued

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oh, 35mm camera, i adore you. it is still worth the wait. (these are additional photos from our labor day camping trip.)

 

~a friday ritual~

photos capturing a moment from the week.

a simple, special moment.

. . . → Read More: ~this moment~ camping…continued

grey funnel line

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i don’t mind the rain or the rolling sea, the weary night never worries me. but the hardest time in sailor’s day is to watch the sun as it fades away. it’s one more day on the grey funnel line.

the finest ship that sailed the sea is . . . → Read More: grey funnel line

camera shy

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i took a lot of pictures while i was on a boat for ten days. if you had to scroll down through every photo i took of water while attempting to get a dolphin photo, you’d be here for a few hours. i’m only giving you a few of the water shots, so you . . . → Read More: camera shy

~this moment~ on a pirate ship

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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.

other posts you may enjoy:~this moment~ hot cocoa in bed~this moment~ mama’s birthday hike~this moment~ dolphin jubileearound the farm

~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.

other posts you may enjoy:simple poems~this moment~a month of unschoolteam quinn

dolphin day

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photo-heavy post in which i attempt to recreate a once-in-a-lifetime experience for my readers. you kinda had to be there, but… this is my best representation of what it was like, to see them coming from the distance, from far away off the port side. wait, what? we’re 21 nautical miles offshore, . . . → Read More: dolphin day

~this moment~ dolphin jubilee

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~a friday ritual~

a photo capturing a moment from (technically, last) week.

a simple, special moment.

a moment i want to pause, savor and remember.

other posts you may enjoy:~this moment~unclenchingsimple poemsfirst day of our living school

gradual milestones

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there is a so much right now… it’s overwhelmingly sweet and poignant and heart-wrenching and growth-promoting… i leave on a 10-day research cruise in less than two weeks, and finally was able to start that conversation with quinn, after much hemming and hawing and stalling on my part.

it was pushing 9:30 sunday night. . . . → Read More: gradual milestones