Really quick, before we slip into February and the year is officially on its way, let’s pretend that all year we will be as poised and ready for flight as we are in the freshness of January. I have had this list floating around in my head for the past month or so, taking shape, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘rhythym’
Take off
Posted in children, cycles, family, home, tagged family, home, mother, rhythym, seasons on February 1, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Happy (Chinese) New Year!
Posted in family, farm, farming, health, home, tagged family, home, mother, rhythym, seasons on January 24, 2012 | 2 Comments »
This year I think I’ll throw my lot in with the Chinese calender and call this the start of a (great) new year. I am a dragon child after all; according to the eastern skies this will, indeed, be a year meant for me. There was a part of me itching to go right after [...]
Stumbling into Fall
Posted in challenges, changes, children, cycles, fall, family, farm, gratitude, Halloween, home, tagged autumn, family, home, homeschooling, rhythym, seasons on October 31, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I actually shudder to admit that this great slowing down time on the farm, the wonderful quieting of that raucous din that is summer around here, is proving to be neither quiet or slow after all. September came, and suddenly I am so busy with homeschooling and activities for the kids and trying to squeeze [...]
Making Do
Posted in challenges, children, family, farming, home, summer, tagged family, farming, gratitude, home, rhythym, seasons, summer on September 25, 2011 | 2 Comments »
After waiting patiently through an entire summer, we finally made it to the beach as a family a few weekends ago. And much like the time until then was filled with many good intentions to get there that never worked out, the trip itself went nothing like we had planned. The camping the night before–scratched. Because really, we should have known better than [...]
The sleepy sun
Posted in changes, children, fall, family, farm, farming, home, weather, tagged family, farming, home, mother, rhythym, seasons on September 8, 2011 | 1 Comment »
This morning the farmer gently nudged me awake at 6:00 but getting out of bed was the last thing I wanted to do–it was so darn dark out still! The days are getting shorter by the minute. A relief in many ways. Last night I had help with the dishes while I managed the bedtimes [...]
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