Posted in Journal on Sep 6th, 2008 1 Comment »
Thanks to those of you who reassured me about being a good mom. I don’t really suppose I’m the worst mom in the world, but I do know that I have some limitations and sometimes they seem to be magnified out of proportion when they are in contrast to some need in […]
Posted in Journal on Aug 20th, 2008 Comments Off
“This was one of those perfect …days in late summer where the spirit of autumn takes a first stealing flight, like a spy,…. and, with feigned sympathy for those who droop with August heat, puts her cool cloak of bracing air about leaf and flower and human shoulders.”Sarah Orne Jewett
So yes, it was cool today; […]
Posted in Journal on Aug 17th, 2008 Comments Off
These are Paddy’s old friends. Most of them used to belong to Sean, who at age 5 carried them everywhere for months, but they have had the happy destiny of becoming loved anew after a period of exile in the toy-box. I think when Paddy has gone on to new things, […]
Posted in Journal on Aug 15th, 2008 1 Comment »
takes almost as long as homeschool. This is about 10 pm.
I guess the Olympics in the background didn’t help much ;-).
Posted in Journal on Aug 15th, 2008 1 Comment »
Today we saw Sean off for his first regular day of school (yesterday was the frosh orientation, so not a “real” day of school) and then I brought Clare down to town for her orthodontist appointment (Aidan calls this the ‘orca-dentist’). Then we had a girls’ shopping trip, something that happens approximately four […]
Posted in Transition Years, Journal on Aug 13th, 2008 2 Comments »
Last night, it seemed like no one was ever going to go to sleep. Some of them were watching the Olympics; Clare and Liam were looking through a Sister Wendy art book; Sean was talking to a friend on the phone, and then even though he went to bed, he couldn’t sleep. […]
Posted in Journal on Aug 12th, 2008 1 Comment »
Aidan woke us up at some dreadful hour last night…. I did not check the clock, but it was dead dark. He thought it was time to get up, and earnestly pursued the goal of rousing the parents of the household, at least. Kevin went to sleep on the couch. […]
Posted in Journal on Aug 11th, 2008 1 Comment »
Sean starts school this week — and today came home with his new uniform — at least, practice jersey, helmet and pads:
Just for variety, a picture of Clare and her friends on their Regency afternoon by the lake…. looks a bit like a book cover, doesn’t it?
Finally, Clare and Paddy and Aidan playing some sort […]
Posted in Journal on Aug 7th, 2008 Comments Off
I like this seasonal grouping of poetry, lore and photos.
From my to-do list:
Backpack for Sean
Get school bus schedule
Buy socks for Liam
Work on yard — firebreak
Get materials for refinishing exterior logs on house
Revise chore routine
Order and stack firewood for winter
Recent days have seemed drenched in the long golden light of late summer. […]
Posted in Journal on Aug 3rd, 2008 1 Comment »
“A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud.”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.”
- Aristotle
Our friends from the north have departed : (.
So much has happened in the last couple of weeks […]
