This week, I’d like to take a few moments to be grateful for a daughter who’s two and a half.  There’s plenty of challenges at each age to be sure, and it is so easy to wish for things they did when they were smaller, or all the things they will do, someday.  A good ...
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Or at least, my dishes and laundry.
First, let’s back up to last month’s pledge to say goodbye to the grocery store.   I was definitely tempted a few time, but once my mind accepted that there was not going to be any grocery trips this month, I didn’t really think about it very much.  Which ...
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Guilt is such a funny thing.  Sometimes it seems as though we can get ahead only by feeling guilty, trying to work harder, and trying to control our world more.  And then, driven to the breaking point, we break a little, and in doing so, we relax our white-knuckled grip.  Instead of our world spinning ...
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This post started as thoughts mostly related to motherhood, but I think it applies to us all – mothers/fathers, wives/husbands, employees/employers, etc . . . I found this post of Nicola’s on A Step Toward Balance last month, signed up to join, and then forgot about it (you can laugh now – the irony is ...
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I’m going to do Gratitude Friday with a little twist today, as part of Heather’s call for Ten Simple Things that make us happy.  So here’s ten simple things I’m grateful for, this week and every week.
Good books – the wisdom, humor, compassion, and joy they bring.
The sound of my husband and my daughter, playing ...
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It must be . . . maple syrup time!  One of my favorite seasonal rites of passage happened today – tapping our maple trees.
Some dear friends, big and small, came to help us today – first you drill your hole a little smaller than the diameter of your spout, and about 1 1/2 inches deep.  ...
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This week, I’m grateful for the restorative powers of a calm day at home.
I’m grateful for this yoga sequence, which rescued me from serious back pain.
Grateful for this quote from Ella, as we were on our way to a grain meeting: “. . . and I’m going to talk about emmer!”
Grateful for this reminder from ...
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the cat came back!
Today, I was grumpy.  Sometimes, I see myself as if from far away, making myself grumpier but somehow unable to stop.  Today was like that.  Ella couldn’t sleep, so I found myself up with her too late, grouchy, trying not to think about all the things I “need” to do.
One of these ...
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Oh, Monday.  The most maligned day.  At our house, I have been thinking a lot about the rhythm of our day and week.  In December and January, the fledgling rhythm I had started last fall crumbled under the weight of the grain processing and distribution, and then our trip . . . but now, I ...
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Hope you’re enjoying the weekend, folks.  Here, I’m trying to get over a serious case of the crankies (seems to be making the rounds at our house – hmmm.)
We are . . .
sending out some love to family and friends (and you too – Happy Valentine’s Day!)

Loving this book, which arrived from the library just ...
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