There have been a lot of posts floating through my mind this past week, but this is probably the only one I’ll write, because it’s the one that really matters.  On Thursday, my husband is driving from our home in MA to Washington D.C. , to get arrested trying to stop the XL Keystone Tar ...
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Today, I am deeply honored to have a guest post at Carrie’s fantastic space, The Parenting Passageway. Carrie invited several mothers to talk about growing into motherhood, and all of the stories shared have been so interesting and lovely. Enjoy!

My plan for the year is sketched out, and I thought I’d share it here, to inspire any of you who are working on your own planning, or even those of you who are not homeschoolers but still might take some ideas from it.  A few quick notes – my daughter is only 4, so ...
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Shekinah, grant me
this grace: let these hands
shape dough once more,
let me be the one to light
the morning fire, to stir the pot of soup
with the big silver ladle.
Let me seek the blessings
you have hidden all around us
in plain sight.
Let me bend down once more
to lift the snowy cover
and grasp the ...
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There is so much to love in late summer.  Right now, it’s actually chilly and pouring – we lit a fire in the woodstove today so that the laundry would dry, but that was fun, too!
It’s interesting to look back on previous years at tomato time, and to see how it always seems equal parts ...
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We finally found something to get the whole family out for a walk in the woods – a wild mushroom hunt.  (and yes, we are extremely careful.  Ben did a post about this over at the Wheatberry site – check it out if you haven’t already.)  Ella knows that we never eat mushrooms raw, that ...
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Hi everyone, thanks again for coming along for a week in our life.  Whew, that was intense!  It was very unusual for me to be on the computer every night uploading photos, and I must say I’ll be glad to take a little break from that.  But it was also really fun, and helped me ...
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This weekend, we
made food
washed dishes
went mushroom hunting & started trying to cultivate mushrooms
danced
sewed
wished a little friend Happy 1st Birthday
climbed tractors in party dresses
gave thanks
rested.
Hope your weekend was peaceful, friends.  I’ll be back in a day or two to talk about just that- peace.  Thanks for sharing this week with us.

Up at 6 am.  Time to sit before a few minutes and do one Sun Salutation before Ella wakes also.  Strangely enough, the dish elves did not come.  We do them ourselves.
Oatmeal again, with blueberry syrup from yesterday on top.  Awesome.
Ella’s very excited to make popsicles while the oatmeal cooks.  Blueberry-yogurt.  I really wish we ...
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6 am.  Awake to see the pink clouds, yoga, meditation, listen to Beacon and knitting.
Making yogurt for the first time since this pregnancy began.
Tarragon drying.
Making blueberry syrup.
Tomatoes ready to go into the oven for slow roasting.
She wanted to scrub the dishes.  I said, Of course.
Blueberry syrup finished.
February baby sweater finished last night.  I just need ...
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