Finding Satisfaction from Birds

Children, like birds, will delight you or frustrate you and that is entirely dependent upon YOU, not them.

Birthday Kitchen Party

I did not expect that when I spent this summer jobless I would be busier than ever, but it’s true! I thought that those hours when I used to be glued to the computer I would now spend more time in the garden, or just relax on the deck with my kitty. What happened is […]

Not so Lil’ Hussies

Remember that I adopted chicks this spring? Well they are growing! It took me a while to find a way to protect them, and I lost another since I last mentioned my chickens. But these days they are thriving. My original group of hens were dubbed The Hussies, and when my friend started calling my […]

Tara is 21

Dang, it went like a blink!

Adulthood snuck up on me

“Reckless mother teaches child to be independent in the heart of the city.”

Grey

I finished painting my daughter’s room. Dark grey. I protested, not a little. She stood firm (ooh, I raised an independent girl. A fact which bites me in the butt sometimes). It wasn’t until I got all the way around with the first coat, and could see it more or less in a complete state, […]

8th grade graduation – Part 2

I can’t believe I’m the mother of a Freshman.

Last day of August

Last days of Summer. Last days of freedom before school.

Not so little girl

I adore my kid. I think she’s so smart, and so funny, and so genuinely caring. I can’t help but be proud of her amazing life.