In a moment of supreme synchronicity, meat bird processing came on the very same day as Chris’ final day under contract with Rocky. It was a good run. Twelve years, give or take. Something like that. And now, it’s time for our favorite gu
Maine Summer Phase One. Complete. I’m always overwhelmed by how quickly this June week to Islesford is with Freddy and Maple. I balk. I resist. And every time it serves to set me straight and remind me how I love to do summer. Every single tim
Finished this fresh Freddy knit. Not yet blocked but cozy drappy goodness for sure. I love this sweater so much, but it may be that I love everything I knit for my kids. The pattern is the Caspian Sweater by Sandes Garn and yarn is @sandnesgarn DUO
the light the color the texture my eyes could drink it up forever and ever
>>> At any rate, I have been holding back. Or pulling back. I have stopped writing the stories, even though it is how I remember and understand them best. Writing them down is alchemical in that way. I feel myself pulling the stars closer ev
The deck was made for handstands and I’ve been kicking up here for 20 years. But today when my heel hit the wall Freddy told me that I really needed to get my feet in the air and stand all the way on my hands. He said when he stands on his hand
Yesterday was Eider’s last day of school. His sophomore year. And as is the case every June, we proceed to explode into summer with very little transition. It is club season for lacrosse and it is immediate and all encompassing. Even more so th
I have been taking far fewer photos these days and the most recent one in my camera roll of Chris is this. Life has been full and moving and I am documenting it less and less. This one is well suited and true for now as Chris and I are knee deep in t
A few pics from Freddy’s last week at North Branch Nature Center Forest Preschool. (and one of his after school creemee for good measure) There is no real way to do justice to how exceptional his experience as a preschooler these past two years
Fresh Substack // Crying Season >> The grief of mothering is unavoidable. It was written into my contract from the beginning but I couldn’t yet read the writing when I first signed on. My problem, not hers. Not by any measure. Essentia
Ok I did it. Genny Tenny. Craftsbury General Store to Albany General Store with MANY epic hills and one incredible, muddy, beautiful, squelching class IV road thrown in around mile seven for good measure. This is my only picture and there won&rsquo
Slowly, over the course of the long and mostly reluctant spring, I have been building my running endurance. Mostly, because I simply wanted to be outside, and then with a growing curiosity for how I might feel if I trained with conscientious consider