it has been sub zero around these parts lately, and the cold has me craving warmth, warmth and more warmth! luckily i have two snuggly sweet boys (one who loves to hug and kiss his big brother :) and lot’s of other warm things to keep the soul fires burning in these arctic temps.
i’ve got [...]

photo by pagasa from flickr

(read part 1 of this post here) today i am still thinking about my ghost tree. i’m thinking about what those bottles might represent, especially in the light of wanting to change some pretty significant things in my life. i feel like i have added one too many bottle for much [...]

“Be submissive to everything, open, listening”
(from  jack kerouac’s essentials for prose
shared by natalie goldberg)
i’ve just begun reading Writing Down the Bones, and it seems to have come into my life at just the perfect moment. i am already smitten… by her words and by the desire to write and tell the nuances of my story [...]

i often feel like my life has so many threads. sometimes they get crisscrossed and tangled and other times they are compartmentalized and completely separate (and i haven’t figured out if it’s better one way or another).  it’s an odd thing, and i often have a hard time trying to reconcile how these different parts [...]

re-entry is always kind of a free for all, especially after a long extended vacation (due to a big n’oreaster that apparently blew through here, yet we have very little snow left as proof) and the holiday craziness.  i’m still catching up on getting the household back up and in full working order and am [...]

in 2010 i saw every aspect of my life shift, change and grow. it was one of those years that i know i will refer to in the future saying… “wow! remember 2010?”. 
being a mom of young kids, you see so much change on a day to day, week to week basis.  life zooms by [...]