celebrations and traditions

summer list

June 22, 2011

Over at her Foothill Home recently, my friend Molly posted her summer to-do list. Inspiring. Mr. T had already started his list, so I combined his with mine, and here’s what we have so far. Swim with friends and family. Often. Have a puzzle going at all times. (Stolen from Molly. Check!) Make good things [...]

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one fine morning

May 24, 2011

For one thing, it was sunny, after days of grey clouds. There were corn cherry scones from Arizmendi. And some wonderful sheep’s milk ricotta drizzled with our own honey. And strawberries. Good music played. Some DeVotchKa. And the new Fleet Foxes that’s been in heavy rotation. There were presents. Things that any May baby would [...]

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if you want to build a ship

December 31, 2010

A photo from last New Year’s Day. A quote recently discovered. The quote’s attribution is disputed, but I love it so much that I’ll take it anyway. It’s a lovely analogy for the way I hope to parent, and what this wonderfarm is all about. A thought to carry into the new year. Happy 2011, [...]

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atwitter: december

December 14, 2010

There’s so much to set a person atwitter in December. rendering my beeswax: For the first time I melted down the bits of wax I’ve collected from my girls. I got a nice golden prism–enough to make into two (count ‘em!) candles. I was hoping to be able to make more for gifts, but I’ve [...]

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popping in

June 10, 2010

Things are so busy here that I’m a little dizzy. My oldest graduated from high school on Sunday. We had lots of family and friends here to celebrate, which was lovely. Lulu had spent the prior month making a surprise documentary to show, about H’s filmmaking. It’s a wonderful project, with interviews and clips of [...]

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anything you wanna do

May 24, 2010

I’m of the belief that when your birthday rolls around, you should do whatever makes you happy. If you want full-fat yogurt with rhubarb for breakfast, then you should have it. (Of course, since it’s your birthday, you should probably have a very buttery, cinammon-sugary morning bun with your yogurt. But you might eat it [...]

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eighteen

May 14, 2010

Several years back, right at this time of year, we were driving up the dusty monotony that is Highway 5 in California. We were on our way home from Legoland, and then Los Angeles, where we’d celebrated H’s ninth birthday. Lulu was in the back seat with H, just five herself. We were listening to [...]

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