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i had wanted to say more during women’s history month, but here we are slingshot into the month of april, and 2 of my 3 big events of the year have come and gone. quinn is 10! i am 39! and our wedding is a few short months away, for which we are giddy with . . . → Read More: 39 ~ letters in the sand  3 comments  abundance, gratitude, lifelong learning, natural world  39, abundance, back yard, bayou, being a mama, birthday, celebration, ephemeral, family, farm, fiance, flowers, gratitude, jane goodall, jimmy carter, love, memory, mother hale, mr. rogers, nature, ocean, oregon, oregon trail, outside, ramona quimby, self care, trout lily 
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 
it’s been a good couple of months to be review listening to harry potter audio books, with so many themes having heightened relevance to our current events. it was quinn’s idea to listen to them again, when we finished with the heroes of olympus. while we were waiting for the order of the . . . → Read More: ~two months in the life of a lifelong learner~ peaceful protests and a lot of alliteration One comment abundance, gratitude, lifelong learning, natural world, parenting abundance, art, being a mama, birthday, certified technician, family, games, karate, king cake, love, martin luther king, mindfulness, minecraft, nature, outside, parenting, peaceful protests, pokemon, quintuple agents, writing, yoga 
date nights
bayou walks
dappled sunlight
wedding day imaginings
seeds
ephemera
friends
new beginnings . . . → Read More: ~black and white wednesday~ spring textures 
i am a summer girl at heart, but early spring is a very happy time of year for me, because of all the hopeful new beginnings, new growth, and flowers! the first flowers after the longest period of going without flowers are some of the sweetest. part of the changing of seasons for me . . . → Read More: ~rainbow mondays~ the whole spectrum 
for today’s post i’m sharing photos by sebastiao salgado. it was a couple of hours of my time well spent, wandering through the berkeley art museum back in 2002, absorbing salgado’s amazing collection migrations: humanity in transition. i was adrift myself, recently relocated far from home in a post 9/11 political climate, when i . . . → Read More: ~black and white wednesday~ the least of these 
i’ve found the rainbow connection, at least when it comes to potluck dishes. i was assigned veggies for the family st. patrick’s day get together (celebrated early this year) and though i would personally make a rainbow for any occasion, the leprechaun believer in me felt this was a fitting occasion. white: we’ve . . . → Read More: ~rainbow mondays~ the colors of silence 
manger ~ gertrude kesabier ~ 1899
on this international women’s day, i want to share some thoughts i’ve been collecting since before the election, concerning the experience of victims/survivors of domestic violence. i realize domestic violence is not a rainbows and butterflies topic, but it is one of the most important . . . → Read More: ~black and white wednesday~ international day of women 
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 
on january 21, women marched in the united states and 57 other countries, on all seven continents (even antarctica!), for so many excruciating reasons. women marched to affirm their own lives. it’s unfortunate that so many people saw the women’s march as antithetical to life, because i believe that in order for babies’ lives to . . . → Read More: ~black and white wednesday~ she persisted |
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