CHILDHOOD

spilled milk | sleep

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We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams.  ― Arthur O’Shaughnessy, Ode We snuggled up in my bed for an afternoon nap last...

spilled milk | experience

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Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul....

only once

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Things never happen the same way twice. ― C.S. Lewis The morning is slow, rare for us on any day, especially on a Saturday. Mark...

F O U R!

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The other night at dinner, you sat by my side — not necessarily a coveted position these days because you tend to use your neighbor...

eight.

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Burke, this evening at 10:36 you turned eight. Even now, as I listen to your unrestrained laughter with friends in the other room, I can...

three minutes with Blythe

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[vimeo 60578462 w=500 h=281]   Here’s three minutes with our giggly six-year-old: unscripted, unrehearsed, limited editing. Enjoy!  ...

OUR HOMESCHOOL IN PICTURES

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It seems winter went on strike at some point this month, but we didn’t mind. Instead we did what all of you with real winters...

wild + free

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Life is pure adventure, and the sooner we realize that, the quicker we will be able to treat life as art. — Maya Angelou This...

three minutes with Olive

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[vimeo 57716796 w=500 h=281]   While I have millions (I’m sure) of pictures of my children and even several letters and stories about them, I...

turning six | a gift of experience

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Blythe, this last year as I watched you shoot out of your lingering baby chubs and try to bite apples with missing front teeth, I...