my journey, destination unknown
funny how it happens, that. Every year, just like last year, the sun does rise after the longest night. And, like last year, I went down to the lake to welcome its return. I’m looking forward to the days getting longer once again, and I’m going to make the most of the days.
Travels in Turkey, Part 11 of 12 Last week, I pulled together all of my posts about our trip to Turkey into a Planning and Itinerary post, hopefully making it so our adventure was a little easier to follow. This week, I’ve worked on creating a map of our travels. View Travels in Turkey –…
need to make a Hobby Lobby run: Painted Gifts (Dim Sum, Bagels, and Crawfish ): I love all the amazing things this family creates and does. Reading this expat’s blog inspires me to be more creative. Snowflake Curtain Behind the Tree (wee life) Do I have the patience to make this?? homeschooling: Our first days…
This week is looking to be a great one here in Atlanta. Eclipse viewing, maybe a trip to the High and projects around the house. I love what I’ve been reading out there on the web, and I’d love to share my highlights with you. Here are some of my favorites form the week: I…
“Mommy, the Romans didn’t have train tracks, right?” “No.” “Okay, but they did have bridges, right?” “Yes, remember the big one we went to in France?” “Not really.” Quick internet search for photo. “Oh, yeah, I remember that place!” (Whew.) Between this exchange, which happened two minutes ago, and having recently read Great Kid Trip…
Between this video from caspar babypants (aka Chris Ballew from The Presidents of the United States of America)) and Absolutely Mindy‘s wacky ideas, Chloe has been obsessed with obtaining a package of googly eyes. Finally, Rob bought her some the other day. I was sitting at the dining room table, working on Christmas cards yesterday,…
This week, among other things … it was snowy, icy and foggy: we ate comfort food: we got in the holiday spirit: I got a new computer: Rob and the girls broke things: and Chloe got married:
Travels in Turkey, Part 10 of 12 While I’ve blogged about bits and pieces of our family trip to Turkey this summer, I realized yesterday that I never created an overview of the whole trip. For my own reference, I’d like to have access to all of my writings in one place, and I hope…
This week is feeling even better than last week now that I have my own computer again (thank you Apple!!). I love what I’ve been reading out there on the web, and I’d love to share my highlights with you. Here are some of my favorites form the week: After seeing the photos of Paris…
local news: Suburban streets, pedestrians often deadly mix I always *hated* driving on Buford Highway. Two miles between crosswalks; what were people riding buses and living in apartments supposed to do?? When killing a child isn’t reckless enough This story has been really difficult for me from when it first happened. I feel horrid for…
When I woke this morning, I was not dreaming of Japan. But, as I sipped coffee and read the news this morning, this article from the Washington Post jumped out at me: Going Our Way: A plan for first-timers in Japan. Curious as to what they might suggest, I was thrilled to see that Hakone…
or, Why I love Apple. I’m sure she was thinking to herself while shaking her head, “I have to convince this woman to take a free computer? Is she nuts?” The tale doesn’t start out so nicely. In 17 months since I bought my first Mac, an AirBook, I had a love/hate relationship with her….
We’d been hearing the reports all week. It was a topic of discussion at last night’s Progressive Dinner. But it arrived a day early … Snow in Atlanta! While I sipped my morning coffee, I watched the sky progress from clear and blue to overcast, grey and heavy. I began to hear via @ajc that…
meaning of life: I rarely watch videos shared on facebook, but this video was shared by so many of my friends that I was compelled to watch, and am glad that I did. I realized today, in this Note from LAFTI, that one of the directors of LAFTI is an author whose book And the…
As we’ve done for the past 10+ years, we headed up to Blue Ridge, Georgia, to my parents’ cabin for Thanksgiving. I do love getting out to the woods and taking long walks along the (sort of) country lanes down to and along the river. Camille came with me on many of my walks, and…
randomness: Either the printer hired by Jason’s Deli was color blind or doesn’t know what carrots look like once they are pulled out of the ground. Or perhaps the answer is to not eat the carrots at Jason’s Deli? parenting: Top 8 gifts for playful children I do believe this is one of the best…
Travels in Turkey, Part 9 of 12 (I am resolved to finish up this series before 2011 gets here!) For one week of our trip to Turkey, we stayed in a villa in Selcuk, the modern city near Ephesus and close to the Aegean cost. From there, we took some day trips, like to Hierapolis…
The girls and I logged quite a large number of miles in our car last month. As usual, we spent quite a large part of our time tuned into Sirius/XM Kids Place Live. One evening, Robbie Schaefer interviewed a number of performers and other folk involved in Cirque du Soleil’s OVO. Chloe was so excited…
This week, I’ve started to feel like myself again. I realize now that I was in serious need of some downtime at home. Trying to keep up with work, homeschooling and the rest while on the road had been taking its toll. With that, I’ve enjoyed having a little more time to read blog posts…
As I sit here on this chilly morning, contemplating Christmas cards, Christmas gifts and all the holiday cheer and happiness that gets lost in my stress, I struggle with ideas on how to get back to the meaning of the season. Gift buying is particularly stressful for me. I have become increasingly frustrated with stuff….