Since we are now honoring more yearly rhythms in our family, (and really, who needs an excuse to celebrate?) we celebrated Candlemas/Imbolc/Groundhog Day yesterday.  Even though our celebration borrows a bit from many traditions, I have chosen to simply call it Candlemas.  Candlemas is a cross-quarter holiday, which means it falls at the midpoint between […]

Since we’re about to clear out our winter nature table to make space for Candlemas, I thought I would share it here.  This is the first “official” nature table I have set up for the kids, and they loved it!  That’s the freesia we planted a few weeks ago.  I’m always amazed at how quickly […]

I think one of the most important traits that a parent can have is humility.  For me, that means being able to admit to my mistakes and see opportunities to do things better in the future.  To parent organically; always evolving to the needs of my ever-changing children. Lately, my mothering instincts have been leading […]

I never really liked making new years resolutions.  Something about the whole idea just never really rang true with me.  Inspired By The Bird’s tradition of choosing a word for the year, I have chosen rhythm to be my word this year. Last year, I made balance my word of the year, and it was […]

Like every other Mama I know, I have been feeling overwhelmed.  I remember when The Boy was born, I thought that the craziness would end someday when he was no longer an infant, and I would be left with calmness and stability.  But now I realize that life with children is just chaos.  All the […]

I’ve been having a hard time being still lately.  Yes, I always have about four projects going at once, but I mean Still with a capital S.  Inner stillness. I’m rushing about always getting frustrated that I can’t Get It All Done.  I’ve been dealing with child meltdowns nearly every day after school for the […]

After spending The Boy’s first few weeks of school being very productive, I decided that I needed to slow down and start taking care of myself; something I have been neglecting these past five years.  I feel like my life has been on fast-forward, especially these past two years, and I have been having a […]

Now that The Boy is in school and have more than three minutes a day to rest my brain, I have been spending more time on nurturing my creative spirit.  I read The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly and it’s been an amazing inspiration.  I cannot say enough good things about this book.  […]

In my past (pre-kid life) life, I managed a bookstore.  I was always boggled when customers said to me, “oh, I love to read, but I don’t have the time to.” My answer was always, “you just have to make the time.” So I decided to take my own advice, and start making the time […]

We met the usual group of friends at the beach on Saturday evening for a dinnertime picnic and swim.  We all fell into a nice rhythm of sitting and swimming, so the kids were never without an adult in the water, and there was plenty of adult conversation on the beach.  We ate.  We sipped […]