I didn’t really plan on hosting a bbq on the 4th of July. The lawn hasn’t been mowed, I didn’t have a much food in the fridge, bbq’s out of propane, no decorations or fun things planned. But when some friends were all excited about getting together to celebrate, we pulled it together and bbq’d [...]
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Sand & Sea
Being 45 minutes away from the beach is an incredible luxury. Even though we don’t often make the trip, having the option is priceless. And when I looked at my schedule yesterday and I saw that I had almost nothing on the calendar today, we all immediately thought of the beach. The drive from home [...]
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Street Food in the Park
This afternoon a friend posted a link to Facebook about the local parks department hosting a gaggle of catering trucks this afternoon by the lake, and I was up and out the door. Few things can rival my enthusiasm for the park trails on a sunny day and food. Sweet, glorious, catering truck food! There [...]
Year of the Rabbit
The year of the rabbit is supposed to be the luckiest year. The children are very aware of the Chinese zodiac and new year, they see and read all about it on their placemats when we go out to eat. We’ve been eating dinner at our favorite Chinese restaurant once a week, and both girls [...]
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Sewing by Hand
I’ve been taking up the thread and needle to sew by hand. Some mending, a par of doll pants, here and there. It would be easier to gather up all the mending, grab the sewing machine, get it threaded, and work my way through the pile. But sewing a tear is about more than fixing [...]
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>Celebrating 5 Years
>Every birthday I think of buying one of the Waldorf birthday rings, they look so beautiful in the catalogs. On the other hand, there is nothing so beautiful as the candle light on my birthday girl’s face. Few things can add to that image.
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>Ocean Breath
>We haven’t been to the ocean all this year. It’s been a bit cold, but one of the benefits of living here, is that we’re about 45 minutes away from Bodega Bay. I have friends who live in west county that head to the beach in the mornings all the time. It was so nice [...]
>Kim John Payne in Santa Rosa March 23
>Summerfield Waldorf School in Santa Rosa is hosting a talk from Kim John Payne the evening of March 23. This year he is speaking about Teens and Tweens: The Power of the Peer Group. Even though my children have a ways to go until they are teenagers, I will be attending. Oh no, my oldest [...]
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>Sunday Breakfast
>Tea, pomegranates, cereal, bagels with butter and honey. It’s still raining. We’ll be at the table for a while longer, library books will be brought over. Dishes will be moved and cleared, tea cups will be refilled. Crayons and sketch books, more tea, apples, some of the almonds in the bowl will be cracked. Before [...]
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>Movie Night
>I popped some popcorn in the microwave to accompany the living room premiere of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. We don’t usually watch anything on Fridays, or at night, but it ended up being a nice way to wind down at the end of the week. I didn’t know about the plain bag method [...]
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