We did a little sap boilin' yesterday. Normally, we save the boils for the weekends, when we can gather with friends, and make a proper and full day of it. Because, you know, it requires lots of people sitting around, watching the pot boil, to make good syrup. Good company helps, goo...

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With each and every walk in our woods, I feel as though we are making a layer of memories of place. These new memories are laid upon other layers (and layers upon layers) from the past, which we can only dream about and imagine, for they are not ours to remember. They b...

It's funny reading your own words in print. To be honest, I really don't do it. Once my 'work' for a book is done, I don't look at it again. The books pass through my hands as I hand them out, mail them out, give them out, and I glance with half-closed eyes at it all. It's equal parts perfecti...

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{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. If you're inspired to do the same, leave a link to your 'moment' in the comments for all to find and see. . . . . ...

Oh, the crafting that's happening here that I just can't show you! It's the curse of the December blogger - so much going on, nothing I can tell you about. Yet, anyway. (If you're not one of my nieces or nephews, click here to see just what's going on in the photo above.) (And if you're one o...

It's truly December now, isn't it? Our Nutcracker season ended just last night, with our energy now shifting towards fully soaking in and loving up this time of holiday goodness. Trying to move slowly and gracefully through these fast-moving days, I find myself - as often as I can re...

I took a walk around the woods of our house yesterday, with baby on back and clippers in hand, and boys running all around me. I just wanted to see what I could find. Where were those red berries again? That's right...by the rock wall in the back pasture. I clipped some things, and we talk...

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