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Tag Archives: family
One of Those Ladies In A Line
Reference: The song “Ladies In A Line” by Sara Bareilles (lyrics quoted below). My first guitar teacher, who I will not identify because he has a very distinctive name, once spent half a lesson talking about his obsession with Sara … Continue reading
Sweeping Porches
We have been camping. I say “camping” in a quite tongue-in-cheek manner; camping used to mean hiking into the Pemigewasset wilderness in NH or staying in a remote site up at Baxter State Park, but now means renting a cabin … Continue reading
April 29th (chart the constellations*)
(*Swiftie reference) I survived April vacation with the girls, but now this week our little guy’s daycare is closed Thursday and Friday so I will be back on full-time mom mode for a bit. The weather has been glorious the … Continue reading
Thinking Things.
Woke up to snow again this morning. Even though an April snowstorm in Maine is a routine occurrence, with everything else going on right now it feels like a big kick in the pants. It will be gone soon enough, … Continue reading
Political Rant Ahead.
I’ve spent this week disassociating by binge-watching House and eating Trader Joe’s peanut butter cups and knitting. I sort of knew the onslaught would come, but I didn’t anticipate things like emails from our school department alerting us that ICE … Continue reading
Finally.
This past week we finalized the adoption of our 6 year old foster daughter. It was simultaneously joyous and sad; I love that she is officially part of our family now but I hate everything she went through to get … Continue reading
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‘Tis the Season (of elves and tantrums and ghosts of dishes past)
The Christmas season is ramping up at our house, albeit a lot more slowly this year. Having a one-year old in the house means we have to be much more thoughtful about decorations, for one thing, and for another we … Continue reading
Catching Up
Are blogs even a thing anymore? It’s been 4 1/2 years since I’ve posted anything here, and unbelievably 9 years since we said goodbye to my father. His last words to me were “you need to write a book”, and … Continue reading
