Last night, Sadie was Miranda in The Tempest. There were five Mirandas, all equally Miranda-like and filled with wonder. Sadie’s got a thing for Shakespeare, and since she was little she has loved to hold my Riverside Shakespeare in her lap. This was the first play that she has gotten to do, really truly, in…
the foraging explorers
The ladies have a new activity. When they have read too many books, and art seems boring, and we have said “enough PBSkids.com!”, they put on their backpacks and go exploring. From what I can tell, the contents of the backpacks are strictly defined. There is a water bottle, a notebook in each, and a…
perfect baked salmon
I’m going to wish you a happy mother’s day today. Because it’s Monday, and maybe no one brought your breakfast in bed this morning. I appreciate you, especially on this day after mother’s day. This is my mother. Beautiful, isn’t she? There she is, 23, after an excessively long homebirthing labor. Her midwife, Elizabeth Davis,…
while I was away
Yesterday, I found these videos on my computer. It seems that this was what Joey and the girls were up to when I was on my trip. I wasn’t going to post them up here, but then I just watched them again. Yes, I know, this is my family, and maybe I find them funnier…
the word
Did you know that Shakespeare made up the word, “uncomfortable”? It’s quite a thing to be able to create a word that really conveys what it sets out to convey, a word that holds meaning in its rhythm and its construction. Sadie’s turning into a word-maker herself. The other day, experiencing the joy and frenzy…
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