Cait came running in to alert me and my niece who’s visiting about the new iPhone update — ios7.
Cait: “Look at this! They’ve changed everything! I don’t like it.”
Amanda: “Oh yeah, it’s that new flat color look.”
Me: “I like it. I’m gonna grab my phone and update it.”
Amanda yelling at me as I run from the room, “You early adopter, you!”
I come back with my phone and ask Cait how to get the upgrade, since … Read More
We’ve lived on our sweet little country road for more than two decades—which is more than twice as long as I’ve lived anywhere else. People who live on this road tend not to move once they get here. And their animals tend to live to ripe old ages. And the wild animals, because they’re left in peace, also live long and have become part of the finely knit fabric of this little community. I often joke that it must be … Read More
Tradition–the glue that binds individuals, families, cultures…
When I think about our family traditions, we have two kinds. The traditional traditions that most Americans fall back on, and many that have grown organically over the years that are unique to us.
I have to say, I enjoy the organic ones the most. Cait has been the instigator of many of my personally favorite traditions like “Best Part, Worst Part, Don’t Tell,” “Bedtime Tickle Fights,” and “… Read More
Excuse my dirty hand. Just came in from weeding in the garden when I noticed the dark speck on my nail.
When I went to flick it off, it didn’t budge.
Then I tried to pick it off and realized…
that it was a lovely deer tick in the nymph stage— a stage with about 20% likelihood for it to be a carrier of Lyme Disease.
Luckily I spotted it before it had a chance to … Read More
Andrew recently got a taste of how pretty much every day of my life has gone for the last two months. We’re in the midst of some necessary house renovations, which means that workmen are traipsing in and out all day long. Which essentially means countless opportunities for doggie decampment.
Without Kiera to help me keep Graidy and Wink in line, I’ve had my hands full with my two escape artists. It’s pretty much a full-time job.
So when I … Read More
I’ve always been mesmerized by light. Light-play over the ocean. Light through clouds. Light through trees. Light streaming in the window. Light after a storm… There’s just something about it that’s essentially uplifting and cleansing for me.
One of the first things I remember when I first saw Graidy in Rescue was how the light shimmered off his coat. Still does to this day. Still puts a big smile on my face.… Read More
Lately, I’ve been finding that my life is too much about “all work and no play.” I’ve decided that I need to take matters back into my own hands. : )
Three months later and half the time I still find myself going to fill Kiera’s food bowl… I’ve had enough human and animal loss in my life to know there’s nothing that can be done except to wait out the sadness.
The last few weeks, I’ve been busy planting my vegetable gardens, and pruning my grape vines and fruit trees. The thing I love most about Spring and gardening is always the renewed hope and excitement I feel at getting … Read More
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