Recently, I overheard an interesting exchange between my daughter (age 5) and her slightly older friend (age 6). The recording of this exchange, however, needs to be preceded by a little history. Lately, baby-girl’s been a bit frustrated with the fact that most people in her world are bigger, older and seemingly smarter than she […]
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Mother’s Day, In Summary
I hope everyone had a wonderful Mother’s Day yesterday. We didn’t have a Mother’s Day weekend, like last year, in large part because I spent a good portion of the weekend plugging away at household projects again, including painting more of the house. We did, however, celebrate the day itself with cards, flowers, and exorbitant […]
Things I Love About Island Living: #9
I love that you never know what will wash ashore next. Other things I love about island life: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8
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Painting and Piñatas
Saturday, I made the move that no one, least of all myself, actually thought would ever come to fruition: I began painting the interior of our house. Since my priorities earlier in the day included laundry, writing a post, and especially sleeping in, it was midafternoon before the painting process began. As I’ve mentioned earlier, […]
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When Tuesday Goes Slightly Awry
In one of the great ironies of life, I, a reading specialist, am a bad reader. By bad, I don’t mean that I am not able to read well, as indeed I am able and have done well overall in reading. Rather, I mean that I don’t naturally implement many good reading practices, including reading […]
Supermoon On A Salt Marsh
Tonight will mark our first supermoon on our new island. This time, we’ll be watching it make its way over the salt marsh instead of over the ocean as we’ve watched it in years past. Today, for some reason, the thought of the supermoon keeps bringing me back to the first night we spent in […]