Good Times on the Road

Here is my view from earlier today as I drove from Connecticut to West Point NY. I taught at Stitches East all weekend and am in the second half of bookending my working trip with a pleasurable ride through the awesome autumnal splendor of the northeast....

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Not the Weekend I Had Planned: A Story of Serendipity

This past weekend, I was going to be visiting my sister in Tennessee. We were going to spend Saturday at Great Smoky Mountains National Forest. I would be able to see my three darling nephews that I haven't seen in over a year. For various reasons, I...

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Two Posts in the Wee Hours

I dozed off earlier this evening, then I had to wake up and drive Ev's friend home and pick up Sara. So, my sleep cycle reset and now I'm all wakey-wakey at 1 am. The weather's horrid so I'm not going running in the morning and since I was supposed to...

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8 Ways to Be a Lifetime Learner as a Parent

I loved this from one of my favorite blogs, Simple Mom. I'm still thinking about this a lot, and these are things that I can consciously incorporate into life, even with teenagers. I know it pertains mostly to we as adults keeping ourselves sharp while...

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The Post Where I Write About Family

This has become the Me Blog. So much so that you may have forgotten that I don't actually live alone. I have 5 children. I'm one of 8 children. Sometimes those statements still amaze me, but yet they're true. And really, they capsulize some of the most...

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Mind Over Matter

All week my body threatened sickness. For 2 days I lived the life of a slug and watched TV in my bed all day because I was just that tired. On Thursday, the slug analogy was starting to feel a little too authentic so I decided to rebel and be the boss...

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Trying Not to Get Sick

I'm taking a sick day today. Well, except for the work I have to do-two photoshoots to work on and a contract knitting piece to get finished and into the mail-fortunately none of those is terribly physical. I did choose not to go to piano lessons, and...

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Hot Chocolate Morning

Thursdays are not running days, and frankly, I look forward to them with all my lazy heart. Running is a huge part of my life, but it is sort of like washing my hair: necessary but not necessarily fun. There are many mornings when I look for any excuse...

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