A Crunchy Life

I have this bandana from my teenage years. It went camping and hiking with me, and I’ve worn it in and over my hair in many different situations over the years. I’ve worn it do death, you could say. I’ve been wearing it with its ever increasing hole for several years now. When I washed [...]

When the announcement was made this spring that Google Reader would be no more come July I was miffed and a little panicky all at once.  What would I do to find new posts on blogs now?  I surely did NOT want to return to the days when I would click on links to each [...]

The day after I turned 36 in August I had an opporunity presented to me, a door to a new beginning, a chance to start over. We were vacationing with family in the Adirondacks, lost in hiking a high peak again and being amazed by the garnet sands on the shores of Schroon Lake. I [...]

Wondering where I’ve been? With these two: And watching my love with them: And getting to be with him, too: We’re back from our vacation and now are settling into being home together, at least until our next road trip coming up soon (you here that, NH?). Much as I like to think of the [...]

The pantry may not be back to “beauty grade zero” like Catniss in Mockingjay, but it is much, much better now.  (Don’t believe, see this post for a before shot.) Mystery herbs and expired foods have been cleared away, as well as the unidentified drip marks running down the walls.  I rearranged some other cabinets [...]

Over seven years ago we gutted and remodeled our kitchen.  It isn’t super fancy, but it does have skylights.  They are my favorite addition, along with the cabinets that my father built for us.  The kitchen was still in a state of remodel when L4 was born and for several months after, too. A very [...]

Asking the question last week, out loud to the world, was the beginning of what I needed to get myself moving again. It’s funny how I can forget to apply the material that I teach my students to my own life. Public commitments are one of the best ways to get ourselves to follow through [...]

Seriously people. Maybe it’s the post-semester, post-show lag I’m feeling right now. There are definitely things that still need doing, that I want to do.  I think about them.  I even write them down on my infamous to-do lists.  And then I spend too much time doing what, exactly?  Looking at Pinterest one more time?  [...]

Since last I wrote. . . She turned SEVEN. I woke her that morning singing “our” song, “Persephone”  then read the book read on birthdays here, On the Day You Were Born. She wore her crown all day at school, and her new dress. She saw or spoke with all of her grandparents. Perhaps her [...]

It’s one of those Mondays where I look around, see chaos and “mess” all about my house, a to-do list a mile long, and responsibilities calling my name. After being immersed in an intense weekend of yoga teacher training (the first of many to come!), returning to this Monday morning is particularly stark. But, but. [...]