LIFESTYLE
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“a weekly portrait of each of my children in 2014” liam // You decided this week you want to begin taking your own pictures and learning how to edit them. As we roll nearer to
it is well
Each year, August seems to be one of the harder months around here. The long days grow hotter, keeping us indoors more. I also tend to be more preoccupied with lists of projects to complete
I AM COYOTE | an interview
When I first began writing in this space in 2007, I was influenced by and quoted Thoreau’s Walden. Like so many before me, I treasured his imperative to suck the marrow out of life, to
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“a weekly portrait of each of my children in 2014” liam // I found you inspecting a spider, studying the way it slowly moved along the garage door. You’re always so full of wonder. burke
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liam // You finally finished another level of math this week, through much perseverance, I might add. Most days, you’d rather draw or read or play. You’re currently working on a series of graphic characters for
a summer afternoon
Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language. — Henry James Last weekend we traveled south to a sweet family wedding near the South Texas
catching up + 30/52
I woke up this morning at roughly 3:00am unable to go back to sleep. After tossing around for a while, I decided it was a good time to catch up on this portrait project here–one
on courage
Sometimes perfectionist slips in here, only wanting to present that part of our life which is pretty and organized and complete (even in thought). I try to sit down and write out the drafted in-betweens,
Stay-cation
Although Mark and I try to have at least a weekend or two a year to ourselves, we generally go away for those days, holing up in a place where someone else makes our bed