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I am placing this image of nine-years-ago Quinn drawing a whole bunch of baby dinosaurs “standing on the floor of the egg” here to signify that there’s a lot of writing going on, gestating behind the scenes. The sun ball lamp might be my egg incubator, and I am waking up early to . . . → Read More: tender and mild 
…the wind bathing us in fresh air after a year in which breathing has become much more sacred, the eagle dancing above the rainbow-glazed waterfall… . . . → Read More: ~thankful thursday~ caterpillar care  Leave a comment  abundance, gratitude, natural world, parenting, thankful thursday  abundance, back yard, beach, being a mama, cows, dad, elements, family, farm, gratitude, hiking, hummingbirds, imagination, love, nature, ocean, outside, parenting, photography, placenta, rocks, snail, spiral, talking games, thankful thursday, tidepooling, waterfall 
I was putting away seeds from the flowers I grew this summer, knowing I would need to have the memory of past flowers and the hope of future flowers tucked in a safe place in order to get through the flowerless days. . . . → Read More: ~thankful thursday~ seed bank One comment abundance, gratitude, natural world, thankful thursday abundance, america the beautiful, being a mama, birds, boats, books, calendula, connection, date night, flowers, gardening, gratitude, honey, hope, husband, kitties, light, nachos, nature, outside, parsimony, rainbow, rainbow connection, raspberries, reading, red violet, regulus calendula, seeds, stars, sun ball, thankful thursday, webs, wildflowers, writing 
I’m not doing great, and I didn’t have to pretend I was. I could just stand there like a bedraggled flower and absorb some light, nothing required of me. . . . → Read More: ~thankful thursday~ bedraggled we begin 
There have been mercies this year, and because they’ve emerged amid wrecked fields of disappointments and loss, they shine like singular, luminous wildflowers. . . . → Read More: burning on the inside 
…a never encountered dragon that could only be seen as a shadow or sometimes a bend in the light… . . . → Read More: ~a month in the life of a lifelong learner~ character building One comment abundance, gratitude, lifelong learning, natural world, parenting abundance, being a mama, black lives matter, books, coparenting, dragons, drift creek wilderness, dungeons and dragons, eggs, electronics, flowers, food, gardening, gratitude, hexaflexagon, hiking, lifelong learning, lord of the rings, love, math, nature, outside, parenting, peaceful protests, reading, science, storytelling 
Maybe life is a little like a parabola, you have to get to the bottom of it at some point, but you can look forward to it going back up on the other side! . . . → Read More: ~a month in the life of a lifelong learner~ black holes and parabolas Leave a comment abundance, gratitude, lifelong learning, parenting abundance, being a mama, black holes, books, celebration, drums, executive function skills, family, gardening, gratitude, lifelong learning, lord of the rings, love, math, mother's day, music, nature, parabolas, parenting, physics, quokkas, reading, science, stay gold ponyboy 
Hundreds of geese huddled along the edge of the bay as we drove through foggy smoke after picking up pizza for date night at home. Robins had sat in the grass all day looking stunned. So much dryness. So much stillness after such a turbulent wind. The lawn crunched under my feet as I pick pears up off the ground, embarrassed by the plenty falling into my hands while others are losing everything, or still waiting to hear the outcomes of their everything. . . . → Read More: ~summer shorts~ a list of emptied spaces 4 comments abundance, gratitude, natural world, parenting abundance, beach, being a mama, boats, boiler bay, concentrate the light, farmer's market, food, forest fires, gratitude, guinea pigs, hiking, hugging, lined chiton, love, max, ms b, nature, ocean, otters, outside, pancakes, parenting, photography, sea lions, sea urchins, self care, tears into the ocean, tidepooling 
“How many fears came between us? Earthquakes, diseases, wars where hell rained smoldering pus from skies made of winged death. Horror tore this world asunder. While inside the bleeding smoke and beyond the shredded weeping flesh . . . → Read More: ~rainbow mondays~ smolder One comment abundance, gratitude, natural world, rainbow mondays abundance, back yard, beach, being a mama, birds, canning, crab, family, fire, flowers, food, gratitude, hiking, hope, light, love, moon, nature, nourish, outside, parenting, phoenix, photography, rainbow mondays, things with feathers, tidepooling 
As mama of a young man, I see it as one of my most important roles in his learning to make sure he is aware and competent around the concept of consent. By honoring Quinn’s integrity, boundaries, and self-direction in his learning, I am modeling consent. . . . → Read More: educational priorities ~ a mamafesto ~ 2020 remix Leave a comment abundance, gratitude, lifelong learning, parenting abundance, being a mama, connection, consent, dinosaurs, education, educational priorities, equity, gratitude, inclusion, integrity, interest-driven learning, learning styles, lifelong learning, long-term vision, love, math, music, nature, nourish, our living school, outside, parenting, reading, safety, science, self-directed learning, trust, yes environment |
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