I graduated high school in 1997. In the years since I’ve lost touch with so many people I swore would be in my life forever. And I have those high school classmates who are Facebook friends or friends I see at weddings. I’ll see a lot of them this summer at our 21st-year reunion. (We’re […]

Confession: about 10 minutes before LISTEN TO YOUR MOTHER: Charleston started last Saturday night I realized I had a bouncy ball in my bra. I had been helping Max clean his room earlier, and he’d handed me a bouncy ball to put with the others that I keep on my mantel. I didn’t have pockets, […]

I feel like we really need Valentine’s Day around here. Right now feels like the perfect day to celebrate love in all its forms. For my kids, it’s a chance to celebrate how they love their friends and teachers and community. We give valentines to everyone–classmates, teachers, senseis, dance instructors, crossing guards. And my favorite valentines […]

One of my promises to myself as the calendar page flipped to a new year is that I  would pick up my camera more, that I’d take more photos not just of my kids doing their growing up thing, and not just my iPhone. I promised myself that I’d pick up my big and heavy […]

I just hung a picture of a Carolina Wren above my desk. It’s taped to my wall, just over the corner of my laptop screen where I see it from the corner of my eye as I type. Wrens are common where I live. They roost above my porch columns and visit my feeders regularly. […]

You and I both know that the handmade Christmas ornaments on your tree are the very best. Each year, we put up ornaments that I made when I was my childrens’ ages. And each year, they add to our collection. This year it was glitter poinsettias, a snowman made out of a recycled CD, reindeer […]

How I love Valentine’s Day! Like really love. And I’m sure that’s part because my birthday is Valentine’s Eve, but it’s also because it’s a day to celebrate love–romantic, platonic, familial, whatever–just love. And I think that’s beautiful. Period. With my passion for February 14th, comes my love for hand-made Valentines. These fabric flowers might be […]