crummy cupcake

Levi and his pals got together yesterday to decorate gingerbread houses at his friend Ethan's house after rugby practice. When I went to...

Life has meaning only if one barters it day by day for something other than itself. A quote from Antoine de Saint-Exupéry , 1900 - 1944

I am out of town for work. One overnight. Got an email from Madigan: Maddy: Hi Mommy! How are you? When are you getting home? I miss you. Me...

Ruben is having a root canal tomorrow. We have excellent dental coverage. My dryer is broken and I need a new one. Ruben hung a line on the ...

If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people together to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach th...

I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself. A poem...

Levi has a cyst on his iris. The iris located in his eye. It is very small. Tiny. Minuscule. So small that the first doctor didn’t even thin...

First thing, when the redwood (the one the size of a city block) gets hit with the glow from the sun I cannot yet see or feel, the moment wh...

Dinner on the patio on a perfect Portland evening. With a roaring fire. And mashed potatoes. Today we hit Seattle. Smelling my coffee. Godda...

Get ready... ...4 suitcases, 4 mp3 players, 3 computers, 3 phones, 2 cameras and one argument about how many cords can be hanging out of the...

Do yourself a favor and check out this blog . You will feel good all the way down to your toes. Unless you are a heartless monster. In which...

At the rest stop.... Maddy: Didja go? Levi: Yes. Maddy: Didja flush? Levi: There was no flush. Maddy: Didja wash? Levi: There was no wash....

My son caught his first fish last week. And his second (which was actually the first). Long story. Suffice to say, two experienced (old) fis...

Stand still. The trees ahead and bushes beside you Are not lost. Wherever you are is called Here, And you must treat it as a powerful strang...

Roast chicken. Stuffed with onions and garlic. Crispy skin. Juicy oysters underneath. That was the smell yesterday that made my kiddos squea...

"Something smells terrific!" says Madigan. "What smells so good?" asks Levi. "I can't wait to eat it, whatever ...

So I saw this in twitter tonight. My first response: What?! What the hell? Do I even know you? Who are you to "request" that I bl...

When I was home with the kiddos and we were living on one income I would post lists on the fridge of free things to do. Walk the mall and ge...

What happy looks like in my neck of the woods.

So, the girl child and I are going to a special seminar this week. And tonight the husband and I went to a facilitated group discussion at ...