gratitude

what would yoda do?

By marybethrew, on April 18th, 2013%

i feel as though i have spent an increasing amount of energy getting groups of professionals to spend a diminishing amount of time with quinn, providing me with more and more far-fetched “plans of attack” for how to deal with his behavioral challenges, while they rule out in mere minutes that any of his challenges . . . → Read More: what would yoda do?

a month of non-local in a year of local

By marybethrew, on March 28th, 2013%

i’ve been grasping for cooking inspiration in the past few weeks, and i have this funny feeling i am not the only one out there feeling the marchness of march when it comes to cooking and food. ever since reading babs’ animal vegetable miracle years ago when i had an infant, (oops did i just . . . → Read More: a month of non-local in a year of local

learning how to love

By marybethrew, on March 12th, 2013%

rich and i take turns leaving each other “reading assignments” from the newspaper. we both follow along with a recent series in the oregonian of “northwest love stories”. the most recent story i happened to catch first, and leave for him, but more often than not i am the one receiving these reading assignments, as . . . → Read More: learning how to love

which side are you on?

By marybethrew, on February 18th, 2013%

“it’s about a shifting consciousness that’ll bring an end to war

so listen up you fathers, listen up you sons,

tell me which side are you on, now, which side are you on?”

~ani difranco

send good thoughts our way on wednesday. when our child . . . → Read More: which side are you on?

my proces of choosing

By marybethrew, on January 28th, 2013%

i received a comment asking about my “process of choosing” when it comes to abundance, and i definitely did not want to ignore that comment. that is one of the things i have been reflecting on, and then there has also been reflecting to do on other things. and partly, if i don’t have anything . . . → Read More: my proces of choosing

reflecting

By marybethrew, on January 25th, 2013%

~we cannot see our reflection in running water. it is only in still water that we can see.~

~zen saying~

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~this moment~ family firewood fun

By marybethrew, on January 18th, 2013%

the three of us went on a firewood gathering expedition together one day this week. i carried the wood from where rich sawed it over to the tailgate and quinn stood in the truck bed and stacked every piece of wood you see here. what a fantastic . . . → Read More: ~this moment~ family firewood fun

abundance

By marybethrew, on January 10th, 2013%

thinking of the concept of non-hoarding, one of the things i have noticed is that those of us who have a tendency towards hoarding are also those who have at times felt a sense of lacking. i have been fortunate all my life to have all the basics covered- i have never gone hungry or . . . → Read More: abundance

home

By marybethrew, on January 7th, 2013%

my honey and i took our second annual new years day hike, so i think it’s officially a tradition. at least until we come across a year that isn’t sunny and gorgeous on day one. we bundled up for the cold clear day, walked out the door, down the driveway, and turned onto a logging . . . → Read More: home

2012; whole lotta love

By marybethrew, on December 31st, 2012%

my word for 2012 is whole. the nice thing about wholeness is that it doesn’t end when this year fades into the next; if anything it just gets better with age. i didn’t actually write much specifically about my word for the year, but on the other hand, i was writing about it every time . . . → Read More: 2012; whole lotta love

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