go yurting!

yurts are our happy place. there is something so womb-like and meditative about being in a round space. it’s impossible to describe, so you should just try it yourself! yurts are downright affordable accommodations in many of our oregon coast state parks… and make winter camping completely doable. they are . . . → Read More: go yurting!

~quinn’s forty-fifth month~ hard-won

~written november 2018~

this was a stressful month: just after quinn’s dental surgery, i had to spend 3 days in seattle for work. i decided to take time off to regroup with quinn and even that became a source of stress. all of these exacerbated the category of “coparent stress”, . . . → Read More: ~quinn’s forty-fifth month~ hard-won

quinn’s thirty-eighth month ~ long long ago, in the great days of the grass sidewalks

~written november 2018~

sifting back through the artifacts i managed to drop in the path i am attempting to retrace my steps along so many years later, the gift is being able to pick them up, turn them over in my hands, study how the light reflects off of them . . . → Read More: quinn’s thirty-eighth month ~ long long ago, in the great days of the grass sidewalks