Now she is six.  We celebrated over the weekend at a local pond with a few friends, which was simple and lovely.  I brought a big bag of popcorn, asked everyone to bring water bottles, and we brought a cake.  At first, she wanted a castle cake, but she’s obsessed with ancient Egypt, so ...
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It’s been at least a month now, but I haven’t told you, because I was afraid to jinx it, afraid that it couldn’t possibly be true. But it is true – the little baby man is totally healed, and can eat everything again!! (I thought at first I’d post a photo of myself chowing down ...
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(Ella at her school’s May Fair) To all the mothers in the world, I’d like to give a heartfelt Happy Mother’s Day today.  You work hard, you do a terrific job, and you’re awesome.  I really think so. That being said, Mother’s Day is not actually supposed to be about mothers – it’s about mothers ...
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The moon. The darkened mountains. Need I say more? (c) Adrie Lester 2013

I’ve spent the past week working my tail off.  Really, I thought I was working pretty hard before, but apparently not.  Sometimes, it is possible to be working hard at Wheatberry, trying to renovate our house, planting/tending the garden, and trying to sew my daughter’s birthday present before June.  I know, if I were to ...
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Joining Ginny today for Yarn Along – always fun.  I’m still knitting away on my husband’s raglan.  It is fun to show today, since I finished the fair isle band and I’m really tickled with how it came out! I picked up Eight Human Talents at the library a few weeks ago, and while I ...
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I met my husband Ben when I was a month shy of my 18th birthday, and I married him when I was 19.  (The photo above was taken the day after our wedding – I love this photo.)  This summer, we’ll celebrate our ten year anniversary.  I wouldn’t say that getting married so young is ...
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Thank goodness Friday is here at last!  What a tumultuous couple of weeks this has been, with so much terrible news between the Monsanto Protection Act passing and Keystone still looming over our heads. On the other hand, over 1 Million Americans wrote public comments asking the President to vote against Keystone – THANK YOU! ...
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Wow, there’s so much to say here, and so many ways to put my foot in my mouth, lol.  Our plan has always been to homeschool our children – both my husband and myself feel strongly about the state of our industrial school system, and our desire to find a different way.  From testing to ...
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What a week. Starting with the scary events at the Boston Marathon and containing, for me, all of the following: visits to help a friend with a newborn baby a stomach bug for myself and my toddler (oh yes, did I mention that he’s walking now??) sheep shearing hiring new staff at Wheatberry an (accidentally) ...
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