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Dear Alma, On Your Fifth Birthday

Dear Alma, Today you’re five.   Today is one of those thresholds.  You are entering a whole new stage of life.  Five is a big year.  Five is kindergarten, loose teeth, reading, school buses, bikes...

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Summer To-Do List, 2017

Oh, hey, summer! How are you?  Again, I’m pretty happy to see you.  We have lots of good plans for you and I’m so excited to get started. The post Summer To-Do List, 2017 appeared first on and then...

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Totality.

Today was my first time being in the moon’s shadow.  I say that because I’m now sure that it won’t be my last time. I don’t know where to start this post.  I could start by talking about the young...

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Alma’s First Day – Kindergarten

Remember when Alma was born?   Or her first day of preschool?  Yesterday, right?  Well, here’s our little baby all ready for kindergarten. How did this happen?  I mean, I totally get it.  She’s 5 1/2....

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Harriet’s First Day of School – 4s Preschool

This was the last first day of preschool for our family.  What a sweet time this has been.  We loved the school Alma attended for three years, and where Harriet has been the last two years....

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OCTOBER 2017: CURRENTLY

reading Life After Life by Kate Atkinson.  Again. listening to my Autumn playlist and a little bit of Christmas. watching “The Good Place” with Jesse. waiting patiently for my December Daily box to...

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AUGUST 2018: CURRENTLY

reading Two Moons in August by Martha Brooks. Again. listening to my Autumn spotify playlist. watching “The Americans.” loving the slightly cooler days. thinking that this is what summer *should* feel...

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Dear Harriet, Age 6

Dear Harriet, This week you turned 6, and seem to have changed overnight. I hope I can always remember the way that you tell stories these days, with so much expression, and grown-up inflections. Your...

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Pumpkin Beer Fest 2020

Better late than never, I thought it would be good to get the results from 2020 on the internet before we embark into our 2021 beer fest next month. We had a beer fest in 2019, but I never got it on...

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3 for 1 Pumpkin Brew Fest (2019, 2021, 2022)

Last night we gathered in person and online to taste some of 2022’s Pumpkin Beers. We tried some classics, and we tried some new ones. It was a wild ride. I also found the notes from 2019 and 2021, so...

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