.moment by moment.

In lieu of the photo I'm sure you're dying to see, I share with you the cutest photo I could muster.  Go ahead and click on the phot...

another funny video, but funny in a totally different way.  i think they did a really good job on this one. http://www.mccainfreewhitehouse....

a pleasant distraction for a ripe mama: http://www.sonnyradio.com/treadmillcats.html

We have been in baby-preparation mode here for so long now. And Papi Sealion and I already have a habit of being more productivity-oriented...

I replaced my cellphone before it had stopped being functional.  For a year now, it has slept in a box with other small electronic gadgets, ...

   For many years, Gemini Cricket and I have held a concept we call "accidental time".  I don't think we're the first to c...

When you can't control the very largest and most-impending elements of your life, controlling smaller details feels deeply satisfying.  ...

Feeling close.   Today the veil between heaven and earth is feeling thinner than it usually does to me.   The rose in the kitchen is open fu...

Created by my dear new friend Alyse.   This necklace immediately felt very powerful ~ I didn't even try it on for a couple days; I was i...

sadness. .   http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-newman28-2008sep28,0,7543479.story

Sealion sings the hit songs.   In this case, one of his British-accent sing-along faves ~ "Brimful of Asha" by Cornershop. Very na...

Ha!  At my midwife visit yesterday, I told her that I was having trouble visualizing baby's actual position inside my belly.  So she got...

Talking to Woo on the phone, I got teared up.  You, Baby, have already pierced my heart.  Having you inside me just under the surface is lik...

With such happenings and goings-on, Papi Sealion and I almost let a very important milestone go by unacknowledged: A year and a week ago ~ ...

"Want an Obama T-shirt? MoveOn's giving them out if you make a small donation to their young-voter registration program, aimed at r...

Burning Man.  As thousands in the Bay Area, and around the world, pack up the last of their gear, or are even heading that way at this very ...

Yeppers.   (I typed "yuppers" first ~ what do *you* think the spelling of this word should be?) I changed the name of my blog.  I ...

it's August!!!

Some of the "planned" flowers.  Chamomile right before I harvested the flowers. Calendula, butterfly bush, California poppies, and...

These intricate and lovely puff-balls have formed on their wild 6-foot-stalks in our sideyard. Look at them closer:  they have an inviting p...