ring around the moon
Posted on January 31, 2010 - Filed Under honeymilk farm | Leave a Comment
…means snow is coming soon.
It made me wish I was a heck of a lot better at photography. This was Thursday night, moon 98% full, and these strange lumpy, flat, clouds that Sophie said were the Underworld and Luc said looked like oatmeal. This picture is crap compared to what it looked like but there [...]
Read More..>>i just read about the new apple tablet…
Posted on January 27, 2010 - Filed Under geeklife | 3 Comments
…and nearly wet myself with my geekgasm!
(It’s the one in the middle, between my beloved ipod touch, and my also beloved macbook. It’s a triumvirate of apply goodness!)
EXCEPT WHO THOUGHT OF THAT STUPID NAME???? I mean, really. iPad??? It sounds like something you use when you’re on the rag. Ew. What was wrong with iTablet? [...]
the idiot hat, or, sophie has had enough
Posted on January 25, 2010 - Filed Under kiddo life | 3 Comments
We get grumpy. Everyone gets grumpy, right? Sometimes its hard to want to be a good enough person not to inflict one’s grumpiness on others. Sometimes being a jerk feels good. For a little while. Until the remorse kicks in. Except lately the the remorse hits me mid-jerk-ness, which kind of takes the shine off [...]
Read More..>>lino miele dvd double feature
Posted on January 22, 2010 - Filed Under reviews, yoga | 2 Comments
Since I started this ashtanga kick, every month or so, I need an inspiration to keep going. I’ve found piles of this in the generous outpouring of blogs from other ashtangis. And every now and then I get a dvd. My last dvd purchase was Anne Nuotio, which I loved. This time, I decided to [...]
Read More..>>okay, you’re probably getting sick of these by now…
Posted on January 20, 2010 - Filed Under kiddo life, making things | 3 Comments
Take away message:
Play is an awesome creative power when you just get out of the way of the fun.
Okay. Now, let me introduce the most recent addition to our flower fairy family….
(And because I can’t help myself, here is one more, a fairy our cousin Tracie made. I love the apron.)
But here’s the next leveling-up [...]
best photo ever
Posted on January 18, 2010 - Filed Under kiddo life | Leave a Comment
Look how confident she is! At five, she can ride western, do the posting thing (that’s when the horse trots and you lift your butt out of the saddle on every other beat), ride without stirrups, and can post without even holding the reins, holding her arms out like a circus performer. Amazing! Sophie just [...]
how to make a heartblock
Posted on January 17, 2010 - Filed Under yoga | 2 Comments
Last week I decided I wanted a heartblock, that is, a wooden yoga prop that you lie across to unbend and open your thoracic spine.
It’s an antidote to puzzle back, and fairy-doll making, and writing, and just about any stooping-over activity, of which I do many. I get scared I’m going to become one of [...]
Read More..>>the santa clause: we have some questions for you
Posted on January 14, 2010 - Filed Under kiddo life | Leave a Comment
I mentioned in my Christmas post that we watched the Tim Allen movies, The Santa Clause 1, 2, & 3, over the holiday week and enjoyed them muchly. Then a few days ago, the kids and I got into quite a discussion about them.
Mr. Allen, we have some questions for you.
FIrst, why is Santa old? [...]
three things in ashtanga yoga I just can’t seem to get
Posted on January 11, 2010 - Filed Under yoga | 2 Comments
Have I mentioned lately how much I adore my yoga practice? I do.
But there are a few things that continue to elude me. I don’t mean certain asana. And I don’t mean samadhi. I mean three seemingly simple things that have remained annoyingly mysterious thus far. Here we go.
1- rolling over the toes
How in the [...]
evolution of the flower fairies
Posted on January 9, 2010 - Filed Under kiddo life, making things | 1 Comment
Is she not the cutest thing EVER?
That’s right, I embroidered those tiny stitches, I sewed on those tiny silver buttons, I did that. They are coming to take my Bitter Card any minute now. I don’t care. Okay, I care a little. But can you see her tiny purple boots? Or her green legs? That’s [...]
