These Days: Playing in the Leaves


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I haven’t done this in a while, so here is a whole month at a glance.


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Where the Wild Things Are

Sadly, our first little monarch caterpillar, Husker, didn’t make it (we think he tried to form his chrysalis before he was mature enough). But today we ventured just beyond the edge of town in search of another. In the span of about 15 minutes, we saw six turkeys, a deer, a blue heron, a swallowtail […]


These Days: A Picnic in Space

On a whim, we threw together a picnic yesterday afternoon and headed for the ampitheater (or, if you’re Simon and Ian “ampitheteor,” rhymes with “ampi-meteor”) at Pioneers Park. After lunch the boys wanted to show us their two forts (the spaces behind the bushes on either side of the stage), and we passed a lovely […]


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Maddie

So this was fun. A few weeks ago, I met Maddie and her mom, my friend Indra, at Holmes Lake at 6:30 am. It was a gorgeous morning, if a little chilly at first. Maddie is a gem, I’ve always thought so. I love her playfulness, and I just couldn’t get enough of her smile. […]