Joining Ginny today for Yarn Along – knitting and reading!  I know I just talked about Nourishing Traditions last time, but guess what?  They just released a book on Baby & Child Care, which I love love love.  We’re carrying it at the bakery, and I find it so satisfying to send home with people!  ...
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Maybe my Gift of a Year is starting to sink in – since this gift arrived last week while driving Ella to school. Plus, I finally finished the baby’s birthday sweater. Sweet. February I saw it this morning – the dark clouds mounting the sky, and the sun climbing up anyway. The wind that blew ...
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Before I get into the nitty gritty, I want to say that this post is not so much about specific food allergies, as it is about trusting your Mama instincts, following your gut, and trusting our ability to heal ourselves.  And, of course, what has worked for our family might not work for yours.  But ...
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This weekend, I turn twenty nine years old. Usually, I get very melancholy around my birthday.  I always seem to get stuck in obsessing over how little I’ve done in the past year – another whole year gone by, and what have I done?  Not changed the world, certainly.  Not solved climate change, or fixed ...
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I’ve been terribly lax about posting baby photos, I know. Gabriel is nine months old today! He remains a total peach, and it cracks me up that in this photo you can’t see his red hair at all, since that’s what everyone oohs and aahs over in real life. He is on the move – ...
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“There is a river flowing now, very fast. It is so great and swift that there are those who will be afraid. They will try to hold on to the shore. They will feel they are being torn apart and suffer greatly. Know that the river has its destination. The elders say we must push ...
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These sweet tiny hands have really come to life – grasping my hair when I hold him, holding tight to my shirt as he falls asleep.  And have I mentioned that he has red curly hair?  Outrageously handsome in his vest made by Kyce.

This month has been filled with so many things, a beautiful baby, a hoophouse cover blowing off in a wind storm, the unexpected death of a young mother who lives just down the street from us, and the kindness and help of friends and neighbors.  Despite all this, or perhaps even because of it, I’ve ...
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Dear Ella and Baby, On November 5, 2011 the four of us (Baby still in the belly) traveled 7 hours by train to Washington D.C.  We didn’t go to tour the museums or to see historic sites.  We went to make history, by joining over 12,000 of our friends to say no to the Keystone ...
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Sewing, it turns out, is a good way to spend the morning for a pregnant mama and her daughter.  Over the past few months, Ella has gone from mildly interested in spending sewing time with me to attempting to run our house like a sweatshop.  As in, “Mama, no, we can’t take a break for ...
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