Playful Self-Discipline: A Year Later

December 29, 2011

The end of 2011 is upon us, and in two days we’ll have a new calendar year, slowly lengthening days and a chance to make a host of brand new resolutions. That means it’s time to take stock of my Playful Self-Discipline project too. Did I achieve what I set out to do? What did [...]

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Light in the Darkness

December 27, 2011

We’ve been finding our way through these dark days with as much light and simplicity as we can. Light from beeswax candles on our solstice dinner table. And in a candle labyrinth, with over 600 beeswax candles flickering together. This year Tom and I were awake early on Christmas morning, and came downstairs to start [...]

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marshmallows

December 16, 2011

Tonight, as the sun went down around 3:30pm, Claire asked us, “When is summer coming?” Can that photo really have been taken only six months ago?  Five months?  It feels like it was in another world.  Bring on the solstice, baby.  We’re ready to start heading back towards the light.

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Life Story by Virginia Lee Burton

December 11, 2011

As we enter into these darkest days of the year, the girls and I have been reading stories together on the couch quite often. Claire always wants to read something seasonal, usually Jan Brett’s Christmas Trolls. But Bea has been asking for a book that is a little out of the ordinary in this season [...]

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Playful Self-Discipline: Full Circle

December 4, 2011

When Tom and I first met, we spent many a long, sunny afternoon in his back garden, discussing the nature of life, the universe and everything. Could a machine be invented that recorded a person’s nightly dreams so that they could be experienced by another? How was it possible that we were both pastor’s kids [...]

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:: right now ::

November 15, 2011

A week into our adventure in Ireland and I’ve got so much to say but not a lot of time to write it down. So, a list! In the SouleMama style. Right now I am: ::watching the estuary outside the kitchen window in our holiday accomodation. ::loving how it changes with the time of day, [...]

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Presence/Absence

November 10, 2011

You’ve probably noticed my absence. But I’ve really been very present in my days.  We’re off visiting family in England and Ireland, and time to spend alone with the computer in a place with a decent internet connection is hard to come by.  But there are windblown walks and moonlight on the sea in abundance. [...]

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{this moment}

October 28, 2011

Inspired by SouleMama – A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

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Playful Self-Discipline: 27 Gratitudes

October 27, 2011

1. Friends and family, both near and far. 2. Quiet evenings beside the fire at home. 3. My public library, excellent bloggers who share their expertise for free, the amazing vault of information that is the internet and other forms of knowledge-sharing. 4. A first (and successful!) batch of homemade lip balm. 5. Compost. 6. Garlic [...]

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Tuesday Links

October 25, 2011

Shaking up the routines a little bit and posting links mid-week instead of on the weekend… Do You Have Inspiration Overload? – Small Notebook A Big Pot of Beans – Gluten Free Girl For the Times They are a Changin’ – Dreaming Aloud How to Felt Soap – Clean Entering the Fallow Time – The [...]

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A Child’s Perspective

October 24, 2011

On Friday Tom came home with a flip digital videocam, took it out of the box, threw in some batteries and handed it to Bea. “Here,” he said, “You can make a show. Make sure you don’t drop it, and don’t put your fingers over the round lens here.” Beatrice then went around the house, [...]

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Dig up the garden bed and call me in the morning…

October 23, 2011

A sunny autumn weekend! We went for a walk in the woods, spotted a baby Pileated Woodpecker, marveled over mushrooms, raked leaves, weeded the veggies left in the garden plot, dug a new bed and planted some raspberry canes. Totally satisfying.

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{this moment}

October 21, 2011

Inspired by SouleMama – A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

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