I have a particular soft spot in my heart for St. Francis and his lessons. When it came time to work on the final manuscript for A Homemade Year, we had to cut a few chapters, including the St. Francis chapter. I meant to post this the week of St. Francis Feast Day (October 4) but with everything going on with my grandparents it just didn't happen. But I thought that perhaps the Thanksgiving ... View Post
stuff yo
well, today I am home a little sickly. I caught some sort of weird virus/cold thing out of nowhere and have been in bed for two days. But I am drinking my liquids and getting lots of rest so that is good. At least today I can sit up straight, take nourishment and blog. Always signs of life around here. Here are some fun things I wanted to share before I go back to ... View Post
this time of year
I love this time of year. I love all the leaves falling everywhere (this is because I don't rake them, I know.) I love all the thankful and grateful post. I love watching all the Thanksgiving episodes of Gilmore Girls and West Wing. (I want Amy Sherman-Palladino and Aaron Sorkin to have a TV baby together. And I want to be their set designer. Or coffee fetcher.) And that in just a few weeks ... View Post
Homemade Characters
We are talking Homemade Costumes - easy to hard - over at the Camp Lovely Blog today. This is one of my all time favorite pictures of the boys. They are ages 3 and 7 in this picture. The magic years. I am getting teary just looking at it. Those faces. Okay, I am going to go find a tissue, but you go should check out the Camp Lovely post, where you will find a pint size Nacho Libre and ... View Post
Camp Lovely CraftAway – an Indoor Glamping Experiance
What could be better than a weekend of indoor glamping and crafting? All pictures in this post are by my sister and fab photographer Jemimah B. So if you follow me on FB or Instagram or Twitter, you may have noticed that I am part of a little something called Camp Lovely and that a few weekends ago we went away on a little ... View Post
let’s get’s organized!
I once heard author Eleanor Brown give a talk about her book, The Weird Sisters, during which she said that every family has its own language, its own sort of shorthand, for communicating with each other. For the family in The Weird Sisters that shorthand was Shakespeare. Growing up in my family, the language was twofold: part obscure movie and television quotes, and part family lore. ... View Post
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