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I have always been fascinated with the tides. For me, the place at the edge of the ocean, where the earth, air and water converge, is where the magic and bioluminescence are found. When I was in college, a few of my courses contained lessons on what drives the tides, and while most of the . . . → Read More: tides 
The tree-filtered sunlight projected the smiley faces drawn on the frosty bus windows across the gray seat backs, and they danced and smiled and stretched larger as we drove along. . . . → Read More: ~thankful thursday~ butterfly effect  2 comments  abundance, gratitude, natural world, parenting  abundance, back yard, being a mama, brothers, butterflies, butterfly effect, cranberries, dorkaversary, family, farm, flowers, gratitude, husband, kitties, love, nachos, nature, ocean, outside, parenting, parents, photography, pie, popcorn, prayer, self care, shadows, thankful thursday, thanksgiving, webs, wood stove 
Today I participated in another of my favorite mindfulness practices, one concerning impermanence, like sand painting but with squashes, already scattered and but a memory. Tomorrow I will fill the slow cooker with leek and potato, celeriac and parsley root, and some imaginal cells to remind me that next summer will unfurl its colorful wings in time. . . . → Read More: ~thankful thursday~ fall crops and late bloomers 
It may take more years of this practice before I can truly feel thankful for darkness, or the meltdown it initiates in me. Simmering in my slow cooker today, I’m grateful for memories of summer, excellent walks with my husband, and butterflies. . . . → Read More: ~thankful thursday~ shadows and butterflies One comment abundance, gratitude, lifelong learning, natural world, parenting abundance, band, being a mama, books, butterflies, executive function skills, family, gratitude, lifelong learning, light, love, monarchs, music, nana, nature, nourish, ocean, outside, parenting, photography, self care, shadows, sunset, thankful thursday, webs 
I had been using my office primarily for brief bouts of stress-crying, not so much for consulting my calendar, and had overbooked my work life beyond what could reasonably be multi-tasked. Namely, I had booked experiments while scheduled to be on a trip to Florida to see my college friends. After patching up that hot . . . → Read More: ~summer shorts~ two tuna 
~rainbow mondays~ a splash of color on monday a photo study documenting the colors of the spectrum: the balance points between light reflected and light absorbed other posts you may enjoy:river quilt~two . . . → Read More: ~rainbow mondays~ glad 
paleontology camp! there was quite a bit of sand spilling out of the lint trap in the dryer as i restarted the bulging load of size 14 clothing for another cycle. Every pair of underwear but the two extras were worn; all socks; all shirts and pants; when the second batch . . . → Read More: ~a month in the life of a lifelong learner~ quercus quetzalcoatlus 2 comments abundance, gratitude, lifelong learning, natural world, parenting abundance, beach, being a mama, fossils, gratitude, hiking, karate, lifelong learning, love, music, nature, ocean, oregon country fair, outside, paleontology, paleontology camp, parenting, plants, reading, science, subtitles, swim, tidepooling 
camp boss verbosity warning: please excuse the verbosity of this end-of-schoolyear/start-of-summer month of lifelong learning and grab a cuppa! pizza rolls and rubik’s cubes quinn and i solved his christmas stocking rubik’s cube this month! He is pictured showing the initial progress just after the first step of solving one side (the green . . . → Read More: ~a month in the life of a lifelong learner~ connections, finding eggs in unusual places, and the oxford comma 3 comments abundance, gratitude, lifelong learning, natural world, parenting abundance, back yard, beach, being a mama, books, connection, family, gifted, grammy and grampy, gratitude, hiking, intensity, karate, lifelong learning, love, marching band, music, nature, ocean, outside, paleontology camp, parenting, reading, tidepooling 
~rainbow mondays~ a splash of color on monday a photo study documenting the colors of the spectrum: the balance points between light reflected and light absorbed other posts you may enjoy:berries and . . . → Read More: ~rainbow mondays~ summer fresh 
~february 23 through march 23~
The day after quinn’s birthday, as soon as sleepover friends went home we set out for a visit to see/meet our new pancake w. rich had met her on the day she was born, but this would be quinn’s and my first . . . → Read More: ~a month in the life of a lifelong learner~ smuggle in a dinosaur |
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