Christmas Family Traditions: Spending a Peaceful Christmas Day Together All Day
Tuesday, December 27th, 2011In trying to decide how to make Christmas Day special for our little growing family of three (and a half), we decided that it would be great to just spend the day together. Not just all in the same house at the same time, but actually physically together. Typically, daddy works during the day, mommy [...]
Christmas Family Traditions: Making Lebkuchen
Saturday, December 24th, 2011‘Tis the season for love, laughter, family, and traditions. This year is a very special year for us in this regard. It is our first Christmas in our very own home, and one of our first Christmas seasons as parents. These two key factors led us to decide to stay home this year and begin [...]
A Holiday Gift and A New Year’s Reflection
Friday, January 7th, 2011We spent the holidays in New Jersey with my family this year. My brother Steven was home from San Francisco, and my brother Bob and his fiance Justine spent a lot of time at my parents’ house, too. With all six of us together, and lots of other visiting family and friends, paired with the [...]
Snow!
Monday, December 27th, 2010Since moving to Maine in June of this year, I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the weather, despite warnings that the Maine winters are frigid and long. We’ve had three or four good snows so far this year, and Maddie and I have had a great time playing in them. I love winter adventuring and having a new [...]
Ahh, La-La Land!
Monday, December 20th, 2010Deep, reflective, honest. Yoga friend John wrote this fantastic article for Elephant Journal, and he so eloquently put words to feelings that many new yogis experience. That yoga high is a wonderful feeling, and so much more so if it can be shared with those you love. But what if those you love don’t practice [...]
Brilliant Brother – Frown Town
Sunday, June 13th, 2010I’ve mentioned my brother Steve quite a few times in previous posts about my artsy and talented family members, and the time has come to elaborate a bit and unveil his most recent work. Steve is an extremely talented painter, but his #1 passion from early in his childhood has been puppets. You can read [...]
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Sunday, February 28th, 2010I just wanted to write a quick thank you to everyone who responded to my last post about my daughter Madeline’s hearing loss. If you didn’t read it, you can find it HERE. I am so moved by the amount of love and support and the positive messages that have poured forth since my posting [...]
Into the Woods Again…
Monday, February 22nd, 2010Almost two months old, it was time to take Maddie on another hike. This time, I headed out with my family (Garrett was in China Town doing his Hung Ga Lion Dance for Chinese New Year… visit his blog at www.geethink.com for more on that) to another one of our favorite local hiking spots–The Great [...]
Back to the Mat… as Momma!
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010This morning I woke up to a wonderfully white winter wonderland… a perfect day for baking, blogging, and playing in the snow with my little darling! And so… it’s a perfect time to write about my first night back to Ashtanga since I gave birth to Maddie! Last night I packed up my darling yogi [...]
Closely Knit and Talented Family
Friday, March 20th, 2009I’m home sick from work today, which means I’ve been spending much of the day sleeping, or curled up in a ball with a good book and a mug of hot tea. Since I am a third grade teacher, I did spend some time grading papers and reading through my students’ work. While sitting at [...]
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