celebrations and traditions

hello, twenty twelve

January 2, 2012
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Happy new year! I have a post brewing in my brain, but we are off to the beach today, and I can’t get it together. Still, I wanted to get that Christmas tree off of the top of my blog. We de-Christmased the house yesterday; I wanted to do the same here. I leave you [...]

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have yourself a merry little christmas

December 24, 2011
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I’ve had half a post written for over a week now. But somehow, cookie-baking, wreath-making, sweater-knitting, gnocchi-shaping, veggie-pickling and Christmas movie-watching have kept that post from getting finished. I thought about simply posting photos of all those acts–a dispatch from Elf Land–but if you’ve seen one artsy, macro peppermint bark shot, you’ve seen enough. Instead, [...]

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on dreaming and duct tape

November 2, 2011
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So, it’s November, and you’re certainly Halloweened out. You’ve probably moved on to pureeing pumpkins and writing novels. Still, in the name of DIY projects and for the love of duct tape, I wanted to share Mr. T’s Halloween costume. (If you follow me on Twitter, you’ve probably seen this costume more times than you [...]

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all the inspiration i needed

August 26, 2011
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This makes me happy. I don’t often write about food in this spot. Sometimes in an atwitter post. Mostly, I try to concentrate on learning and creativity–but I love how this poster reminds me that food is part of a basic education. That’s a belief that I hold so deeply that I’m going to have this [...]

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from party to coffee talk

July 29, 2011

Phew, that last birthday post really did feel like a party. I’ve never had so many of you show up in the comments at once (which only shows how willingly you indulge my pleading.) There were folks I’d never met before, and others I haven’t heard from in a while. There were the regulars too, [...]

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it’s a party!

July 18, 2011

At least I’m calling it a party. (Totally unrelated party photo from a friend’s fabulous recent gathering.) Today is my blog’s third birthday. Funny to think back to June 18, 2008. It was the summer that H was sixteen, a month before he went to high school as a junior–so we still had a house of [...]

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summer work, summer play

July 8, 2011

Ever wish you could hear me yammer on in person about the stuff I write about here? Uh, probably not. After all, in person it’s not so easy to click me closed when I’m too longwinded. Nevertheless, if you’ll happen to be in California, nearabouts Sacramento in early August, you’ll have your chance. I’ll be [...]

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