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There was a slight shift in my breathing this weekend, as I settled into a few projects here at home. The first few weeks of this whole thing felt like a frantic flurry of activity and anxiety. Getting my boy... Continue reading

Posted Apr 8, 2020 at SouleMama

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Your Schedule for the Day

It's raining here today. Again. There is snow in the forecast for the week ahead. That is NOT helping things and I don't want to talk about it. This morning, the kids were feeling the lag that such grey days... Continue reading

Posted Apr 3, 2020 at SouleMama

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All the Freaky People (and the teenagers too)

I'm babysitting the Taproot Market plants from Broadturn Farm while the market is closed and everyone on the team is working remotely. I'm doing my best to take care of these plant babies until the day we can reopen the... Continue reading

Posted Apr 1, 2020 at SouleMama

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reading the room

We talk a lot around here about 'reading the room' with the kids. Example: when you walk into a heated conversation between your parents and your older brother about his curfew, maybe don't ask in that very moment if you... Continue reading

Posted Mar 28, 2020 at SouleMama

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Hi, friends!

Well, hello there! My goodness, it's been exactly a year (almost to the day) since I wrote here last with a 'goodbye for now' post. And of course, so much has changed in one year's time - the expected changes... Continue reading

Posted Mar 25, 2020 at SouleMama

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Nova Natural Toys & Crafts {a soulemama sponsor}

Greetings from Nova Natural! As we watch winter slip slowly out of the valleys, spring creeping up the knees of the mountains, our thoughts turn to the rush of new life this time of year brings. Watching for the nest-building... Continue reading

Posted Mar 31, 2019 at SouleMama

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Silk Oak {a soulemama sponsor}

Greetings from Silk Oak! While new designs continue to emerge each season, it is the tried and true, beloved, vintage designs that keep customers coming back to get the same prints for their new babies that they remember loving when... Continue reading

Posted Mar 30, 2019 at SouleMama

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Nest European Toys & Home {a soulemama sponsor}

Photo Credit: Grain HandMade Greetings from Nest European Toys & Home! We are an online shop in North America offering a wide selection of quality handmade natural toys and crafts, books, clothing for kids, and sustainable home goods. Some of... Continue reading

Posted Mar 25, 2019 at SouleMama

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Texture Clothing {a soulemama sponsor}

Greetings from Texture Clothing! We believe in focusing on love. With so much fear and hate in the world it’s easy to get pulled down by negativity. But love is a verb, and we believe that making the choice to... Continue reading

Posted Mar 24, 2019 at SouleMama

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See You Soon!

(Photo by Erin Little) A few nights ago, while distributing laundry (oh the laundry!) before bedtime, I walked by the open door of the bathroom where the nightly toothbrushing party was happening, and something caught my eye. It may be... Continue reading

Posted Mar 22, 2019 at SouleMama

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february vacation

We've just wrapped up a pretty fabulous February School Vacation week, if I do say so myself. When vacation was looming and all of us were still in various stages of recovery from the many kinds of funk that have... Continue reading

Posted Feb 25, 2019 at SouleMama

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Morris & Essex {a soulemama sponsor}

Greetings from Morris & Essex! Morris & Essex makes gorgeous and colorful textile and paper goods. Everything is designed in Maine by me, Eliza Jane Curtis. I work hard to use sustainable and recycled materials and ethical practices to turn... Continue reading

Posted Feb 23, 2019 at SouleMama

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"Valentine's Day Eve Morning"

That's what Ani said to us this morning when she woke up - "Happy Valentine's Day Eve Morning!" And so it is! It's a snow day too. Another ten inches fell overnight, and so the kiddos are all home from... Continue reading

Posted Feb 13, 2019 at SouleMama

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Oak Meadow {a soulemama sponsor}

Greetings from Oak Meadow! Oak Meadow offers an affordable independent school experience for students in kindergarten to grade 12. Our progressive, experiential homeschooling curriculum can be used independently, or by enrolling in our accredited, teacher-supported, distance learning school. Our curriculum... Continue reading

Posted Feb 9, 2019 at SouleMama

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Farm & Fiber

I'm slowly emerging from the cave I've been living in since last week. It turns out that "little chest cold" I thought I had, turned into the full-on, real-deal flu. I guess yarn wasn't the only thing I brought back... Continue reading

Posted Feb 7, 2019 at SouleMama

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new art for a new year

We're deep in the very final stretch of proofreading for our first Taproot issue of 2019, Issue 31::REVIVE! Today, I'm holed up with the laptop, some tea, a pile of cough drops and a tissue box beside me. Achoo! It... Continue reading

Posted Jan 31, 2019 at SouleMama

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sewing for sonny

Someone has all but taken over my little studio nook of late. Adelaide has been a busy bee cranking out so many goodies for her dog Sonny. Actually, she has grand plans of a little shop full of pet things... Continue reading

Posted Jan 30, 2019 at SouleMama

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Postcards from Times Square

I'm just back from a whirlwind of a weekend in New York City! I was there for Vogue Knitting Live, meeting up with some of our Taproot contributors and friends alike. It was fast and furious - like any whirlwind... Continue reading

Posted Jan 28, 2019 at SouleMama

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Well, THAT happened. I am now, it appears, the mother of an adult child. What a trip! I seriously think I've spent most of the month with my nose deep in the photo boxes and photo albums. It helped -... Continue reading

Posted Jan 25, 2019 at SouleMama

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on ice

(Thanks for all those nice words last week. I was so very touched and comforted too, by all of you on similar or relatable journeys. Oh, time!) We're only halfway through the winter season (less?), but I think it's safe... Continue reading

Posted Jan 19, 2019 at SouleMama

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time

(a while ago....) Well, hello! Oh, I'm DEEP IN IT, friends! Deep right now both in the very fullness of my todays (which feel oh.so.full.) but also in my yesterdays too. Calvin was away for a long stretch this month... Continue reading

Posted Jan 16, 2019 at SouleMama

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for the new year

Not that either of us needed one, but regardless, Ani and I both got new hats this week and we're pretty happy about that. The holiday break found us with lots of fireside moments (both the one inside and the... Continue reading

Posted Jan 2, 2019 at SouleMama

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Welcome, January!

Hello January! I'm so pleased to welcome back the following Sponsor! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Morris + Essex Morris & Essex creates colorful and original hand-printed paper and... Continue reading

Posted Jan 2, 2019 at SouleMama

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Happy New Year!

We spent New Year's Eve in, just the youngest kiddos with us and I didn't even make it to midnight! I did give it my best effort, with board games, fondue, and Singing in the Rain....but when Ani admitted defeat... Continue reading

Posted Jan 1, 2019 at SouleMama

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holidays at home

Well that happened quickly! Solstice and Christmas came and went by in the blink of an eye, my goodness. I didn't intend to spend so much time away from the blog (the same thing happened for me with Instagram!), but... Continue reading

Posted Dec 28, 2018 at SouleMama

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