I have loved this day so hard, this day that began with snuggling both my husband and my child and continued with me climbing back into bed for more sleep. This day with challah french toast, and garden planning and seed-sorting while Nini Mo and I. played on the floor and basked in the attention of ALL their grown-ups, when they could be bothered ( Read more... )

I just proved, to myself if to no-one else, my hardcore-ness by riding my bike to and from my morning appointment in the rain--a roundtrip of about 5 miles ( Read more... )

I was eating oatmeal for breakfast and thought of this.

A Cold Springby Elizabeth Bishop ( Read more... )

Have you looked at the date? It's April 14th. MID-APRIL, squarely. We've had WEEKS since the first day of Spring officially came. And we have had one, ONE day of truly gorgeous spring weather so far. We've had nice days, yes, with sunshine and chirping birds and slightly warmer temperatures, but not NEARLY enough actual warmth. I still have ( Read more... )