Joe and I just celebrated thirteen years together, which is equivalent to about four-thousand, seven-hundered & forty-five days. Throughout this time, we have lived in two different cities, in one apartment and three… Read More
Baby Ellie is small and wonderful and very new to this world. She enjoys sleeping, staring into her dad’s eyes, cuddling with her mama, drinking milk, watching light stream in through the window and listening… Read More
The other morning we woke up and it was snowing. It was as if someone in the sky had ripped open a huge goose-down pillow and all the feathers were floating down to… Read More
Bitsy, Nate and Atlas live in St. Johns. Sometimes on Saturdays they take their dog Josie for a walk around the neighborhood, and afterwards, they stop by Patty’s Homeplate for some hash browns and a St.… Read More
When my sister and I were little, and on the few occasions that it actually snowed more than a few inches in Seattle, we would bundle up, tromp outside and scoop spoonfuls of… Read More
On a Saturday morning not too long ago, Auntie Reen and Uncle Wheema stopped by with some bacon, a dog named Hank, and the makings for buttermilk biscuits. Uncle Wheema showed the boys how to… Read More
In the wintertime in Idaho, the lake sometimes freezes. One day the waters will be thick and green and choppy, the whitecaps like little boats out on the surface; the next day everything… Read More
I leanred how to ski when I was 12. I was skinny and awkward but over time, I somehow mastered the pizza-pie turn. However, there were several times while skiing that I found… Read More
In the wintertime at the cabin, the snow stays for months. The days are quiet and still and at night, the world is bright with a cold white glow. Sometimes groups of quail… Read More
Hotel Deluxe on a winter’s day: a king suite with corner windows and a ceiling crowded with colored balloons on silver strings. In room 621, Nhu (the mama), Quinn & Avery (four-year-old twins), and Lo (their… Read More
