time warp
Posted on July 8, 2009 - Filed Under mayalife | Leave a Comment
There is this heavy, sweet, somnolent feeling that comes with playing in the water under a bright sun, like some kind of hypnotic trance.
When I was a kid, my extended family used to rent a cottage on the sound side of the Outer Banks of NC, and my cousin and I would spend all morning [...]
mochi swims!
Posted on July 1, 2009 - Filed Under kiddo life | Leave a Comment
It’s a walk of a couple minutes to our pond. Lately, Mochi the Barn Cat has been coming with us.
The first time she came, we were worried that she would wander off and get lost, but she stayed right with us, and now she comes along almost every day.
It’s a lovely little walk, from bright [...]
Read More..>>floaty madness
Posted on June 29, 2009 - Filed Under kiddo life | 1 Comment
Our pond is pure heaven.
The only problem with it is that it has no shallow end—you just dive off a dock. In fact, I’ve never touched the bottom. So the kids have had to learn how to get along in the deep end from the start.
How did they do it? Lots and lots of floaties.
Here [...]
Read More..>>first swim, then blackberry winter
Posted on May 2, 2009 - Filed Under honeymilk farm, kiddo life | 1 Comment
Last week it hit 95 degrees! We were totally caught by surprise to have such heat in April, and our air-conditioner was not ready for action. This called for emergency measures: first pond swim of the year!
Honestly, we weren’t prepared for swimming either—the kid’s bathing suits were tiny UV-destroyed tatters. So we made due with [...]
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