healthy food, lifestyle, travel, & everyday moments.
Hello lovely readers! I know I have been seriously sparse around here this fall. Life has kept me on my toes for the past few months. We’ve been busy.
It started out with my in-laws visiting for almost three weeks in September. We really enjoyed living everyday life with them since we don’t see them often–they live in Colorado, where Eric grew up. … Read More »
I actually have a few reflections I’ve written as I’ve been decluttering our house that I’m planning to share this month! Yay for some writing inspo again. It’s been a drought over here for a while.
Last night I was looking for a saved Instagram post. It was a video of a bucket full of fluffy white kittens set to cute music. (I’m obsessed with cats, for the uninitiated, although I can’t keep one because my husband has allergies. So videos have to substitute for the real thing.)
Anyways, I thought I hadn’t saved many Instagram posts over the years. I didn’t remember saving too many.… Read More »
I’ve been thinking a lot about sacrifice lately, especially with regards to current issues but also in regards to society and government in general.
When I was a freshman in high school, our government teacher ran the same activity on the first day of school that he did every year. He divided the class into a few large groups and assigned each group the same task.… Read More »
Usually, little A sleeps straight through the night from 7pm to between 6 and 7am. (I know, we’re lucky! Both my kids have slept through the night by 6/7 months.)
But last night, he woke up at 9:30pm with a very wet diaper. Then, he was upset because he was wide awake. So I brought our nightlight into the nursery and nursed him in the rocking chair until he fell asleep. Then I just rocked him as he slept for a while. … Read More »
Lately I’ve been listening to the album “Impressions from Paris to Prague” by Brian Crain, one of my favorite pianists. (“A Simple Life” is hands-down my favorite track, but there are lots of good ones.)
There’s some instrument that sounds a bit like a harmonica in most of the songs—it just screams casual evening music on European street corners. … Read More »
