We were enjoying a lovely afternoon at the pool after a very fine day tasting wine in the Santa Ynez Valley. Lots of laughs between Jeff and K2 while I enjoyed reading Take this Bread on my Kindle. We swapped dinner ideas with some folks who were enjoying the hot tub. It was a picture [...]
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I’m Boss of My Body
Posted in family, musings on August 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Stuff I Love to Hear
Posted in books, family on July 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The sound of K2 dropping books from the bed as she reads by moonlight…or flashlight…or the light of the clock next to her.
I know someone else who used to do that, too. Now she is lucky if she finishes a page before her head hits the pillow.
A Part of History
Posted in faith, family, musings, politics on January 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
We did it. Yes, we knew it would be cold. Yes, we knew the crowds would be insane. Yes, we knew we had to be there.
Back in 1993 a group of us went to Clinton’s inauguration. It was our last January class and we needed to take something so we created an independent study on [...]
Blinders
Posted in faith, family, palestine/israel, politics, tagged Gaza, hope, Inauguration, israel, Martin Luther King Jr., Martin's Big Words on January 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »
[image from www.perceptivetravel.com]
Blinders are such a hassle. Unless you’re a race horse, I guess.
K2 read to me the story Martin’s Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. tonight as I tucked her into bed. Tomorrow we leave for Washington, D.C. for the inauguration. She reads with great inflection for an eight year [...]
46 reasons to be thankful
Posted in family on December 19, 2008 | 8 Comments »
Another year, another marker. Tomorrow is my birthday. Katie practiced singing “happy birthday” to me this morning – too fun! A friend of mine made a list of 30 things he was thankful for in celebration of his 30th bday. Great idea KDS! I’m blatantly stealing it but need to add a few more!
JP – partner [...]
Learning to Ride a Bike
Posted in family, tagged learning to ride a bike, parenting on August 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
For all sorts of reasons, K2 has yet to accomplish that childhood joy of bike riding. She quickly outgrew her bike with training wheels and had to move onto a bigger bike. Sometimes being tall can be a disadvantage. J and I have tried all sorts of ways to get her comfortable with the risk involved [...]
Uncluttered
Posted in faith, family, musings, tagged Alban Institute, clutter, fear, Holy Conversations, unclutterer, vacation on July 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Vacation has begun and I’m still in that mode of “what’s next on the list.” I’m looking forward to some time away – it is very much needed. My brain is too full right now – I’m feeling pulled in too many directions with not enough space for just me. I’m hoping that the two weeks [...]
Time warp
Posted in family, musings, tagged death, grief, In-N-Out, Sierras, Virginia Creek on July 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It doesn’t seem possible that it was 10 years ago that my dad died. It was a Sunday morning when I received the call in the middle of church school that I needed to get to California. It was the longest trip of my life. Jeff and I flew from Atlanta to Charlotte to LAX. [...]
