Extra Love

I was pleading with him to get dressed, hurry along-let’s go. She was letting out small cries. Wanting to be held and I would do just that if I could just get him to put his energetic legs through these two simple pant-holes. It seems so simple, a mundane task you might think. In reality [...]

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Right here. Right now.

I’m sitting here in the midst of things, trying to embrace connection. There it is in laughter, in ritual. As easy as eggs for breakfast. I relate. Then feeling the vastness, the space between- a meadow on a sunny day, possibility growing in veined branches along a damning wall. Are these differences real or am I [...]

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Seedlings

Seedlings are now sewn into a large patch of earth which we tilled and added organic planting soil. Gardening is a lot of work, but good work. With my hands in the soil, digging up roots and replacing their space with nourishing vegetables my mind traveled a thousand miles and back. Leaning into odd positions to [...]

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Seafood stew~Hand rub~Living freely

Food Creation   Seafood stew~ On vacation this past summer Jason, C-love and I stopped at this small, converted house to restaurant. Minimally decorated and one large dining room, I was unsure, although the place was packed and often the best food is served at little hole in the wall restaurants such as this anyway. [...]

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Aged hands

I see this photo I took to keep as a memory of being pregnant with my daughter (to write daughter feels so special) . To show the expanse of my belly and of growth of the beautiful being within. I thought my large belly would be so prominent, but it is my arms that capture [...]

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