Few conflicts in life will fail to be improved by a judicious application of these:
I’m totally serious! See?
Can’t you see how serious I am?
Honestly, a bag of a dozen clown noses will brighten any day immeasurably! I discovered this to be true because the [...]
Paul and I were having a fight one day, I don’t remember what about, something stupid probably—aren’t most of these fights about something stupid? It’s too bad you only realize that after the fact. Anyway, the fight reached a head and we both stomped off dramatically, as one is wont to do in those moments. [...]
Kids dig crafts. Want to hear that engrossed silence of kids making stuff? Here’s a quick and dirty project:
Get a stack of felt squares from a craft store and a bunch of scissors. Designate a few of the felts ‘backgrounds.’ You might be able to get a few stiff pieces for this. Set the [...]
A friend of mine with a new baby was asking me what I thought about high chairs and I told her I would write a review on my blog. So here is my definitive opinion on high chairs:
They suck!
High chairs are incredibly ugly, plastic, huge, expensive, hard to clean, and you only use [...]
Our hot water heater has been broken since last Tuesday. UGH! Paul tried one thing, then the other, but no luck, and no hot water. Finally the company agreed to send a new one—hooray! still under warrantee!—but then came the weekend and the new heater sat in a Charlotte Fed Ex warehouse for two days. [...]
Here is a shot that Sophie got of me going about my Honeymilk Farm chores this morning. I look really sleepy. She said I should put it on the blog, though, so I am. I love how her photos are from such a different perspective (three feet off the ground). Often when she takes pictures [...]
I went to a family birthday party today, a lovely time in my aunt’s rose garden, eating fabulous, homemade food and hanging out under the sun watching the kids catch frogs. But at some point my mother, sister and brother-in-law started kind-of…giggling.
“Come on, Maya, we want to show you something (hee hee hee!).”
“What?” [...]
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Lucidity is now with the editor, woo hoo!today's yoga practice
- sunday
June 16, 2013 | 10:10 amPrimary to supta konasana. Long stay in baddha and uphavista, then ollapse. i feel so winded today!
- friday
June 16, 2013 | 10:09 amFull Primary.
- thursday
June 16, 2013 | 10:08 amyin yoga again. lazy yoga.
- wednesday
June 13, 2013 | 2:19 pmPrimary to Janu B and then I ran out of time. Better than nothing, I guess.
- tuesday
June 11, 2013 | 11:09 amPrimary to navasana. Chatted with Luc about his favorite show for the second half, so breathing and focus were zilch. But mama/little boy time is worth it.
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- sunday
upcoming book releases
a few greatest hits
- remains of the play
- butterfly house
- screen time for fun and profit
- spike and buffy got screwed--now with proof! (part 1)
- the way of the bento
- bikini power vs. the ratty sweater
- the solstice from inside a sundial
- lucille ball moment
- living the tie-dyed life
- crafts for karma
- the power of mom’s day can melt even the most bitter of hearts, not that my heart is bitter, but it has gotten a bit crusty around the edges
- cool felt picture fun for kiddos
- welcome to mayaland's virtual macabre crawfish feast of death!
- the amazing emu
- the 13 year visitation of the demon red-eyed cicada
- unexpected benefit of living in a round house #27
- triple chocolate pudding goop, or, this way lies madness
- flying kids
- how to build a yurt (1 of 10)
- bad things come in threes. or fours. (or maybe fives?)
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