Book Roundup
0Every year since 2003 I’ve had a goal to read a certain number of books in the year and write about them here on this blog. When I started, and until 2007, that goal was 100 books a year. Then… Read more ›
What’s been going around here
2It’s been a while, hasn’t it? Things have been busy! Earlier this week was the culmination of lots of work- I finished a first draft of a 50,000 word novel for NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month, wherein crazy people attempt… Read more ›
The aquarium, or, how to feel like a genius photographer
3We went to the Monterey Bay aquarium today. It was incredibly fun, and incredibly long. Goodness sakes, we were gone all day. Lots of driving, lots of looking, lots of walking, just lots. Luckily I took B’s schnazzy camera with… Read more ›
At this moment
4It’s 7:57 am. I’ve been up since 6:30. The girls have been up since 7 and 7:18. At least one of them should still be asleep- possibly both of them. Whining abounds. Mozart for Morning Coffee is playing over the… Read more ›
What a day!
2Most days I’m pleased with our decision to home school. Then there are days like today, when I can see why there wasn’t really another option for us. Every single thing today just lined up with what we’re working on,… Read more ›
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
2My dear friend Brandy has been suggesting this book to me for years now, and while I’ve even suggested it to others, I hadn’t picked it up. It’s not that I don’t trust Brandy’s taste in books, but more that… Read more ›
Our day in pictures
1At this moment
0It’s 7:09 am. There is a bird twittering outside my window. 3 notes, middle, up, middle, down, over and over. I can see blue sky behind clouds out the window, and I’m guessing he’s happy about that. I’m the only… Read more ›
Going to the forest
0Yesterday we took a little trip to my favorite place on this green Earth. It’s the forest my family has been camping in annually for 30 years, and it’s one of the most beautiful places I know. We got to… Read more ›
Some more pictures
2It’s been kind of a busy week. Tiny started dance class with two of her besties. I had no idea that three three year olds with tap shoes and sticks could make the noise equivalent of 75 kids. It was… Read more ›