.moment by moment.

My experience: When something happens to someone you love (if there is even a mile between you, it feels too far and magnifies your helpless...

In order to have a garden, we quickly learned that the chickens needed some boundaries. Instead of the obvious easy solution ~ chicken wire ...

This time. Here, right now. A place that can be occupied only by you and me. Intimate. The sunlight glows soft. The air just cool enoug...

Or, as Austin called it, "Pickin' up chickens and puttin' em in her pocket!" I am astounded by this... Scared for the chic...

I like her style.

I ran the Shamrock'n Half-Marathon. I am pleased and intrigued that my time was very close ~ within minutes ~ to the first time I ran it...

Crawling in bed here in Sacramento for a solid night's sleep before the Shamrock'n half marathon tomorrow morning. I have had quit...

I am honored to share this journey of life as your partner.

Today I'm grateful for time alone. One of the two main assignments of The Artist's Way is to go on a weekly "date" with yo...

lightplay on leaves in morning sun . Sunshine! Naps. And my mom ~ it's her birthday today!

I know what I'm grateful for today! Austin's back! He was gone for six weeks - to Australia and New Zealand. I didn't mention hi...

in my favorite cup: espresso shines in the morning sunlight . My theme this week is gratitude. Finding gratitude always helps me return to...

Aha ~ there's the gratitude I was trying to share! I found it ~ in the backyard. I'm so grateful for our lovely backyard haven, and ...

for the second time today, Blogger has made complicated what would have been easy.  so i'm just going to post this photo and call it a ...

i nspired by Soulemama

Ahhhh.  The end of February.  Last Sunday I took the opportunity to snooze on the couch next to my napping daughter.  Waking, I opened my ey...

I feel blessed to have friends from afar who check in on me through this blog. Thanks for reaching out, loved ones! (: I left the blog on ...

The assignment :  take a look around you and ~ real fast without thinking too much or trying too hard ~ take photos of what you love Right N...

For the past week or so, it has rained hard every day and every night; they blame it on El Nino , that little trickster!  It seems that ea...