a brief answer to a FAQ…

This was going to be a picture post of fleeting fall views taken from inside our house, looking out. Before I sat down to write, though, I ran across the street to get ditalini for soup--and on my way back, I got The Question...again! So when I started my post a half-hour later, the answer...

engaging…lately {24}

We're in! Sort of. And fully engaged in unpacking... So I'll be short + sweet, for now -- I took zero pictures on moving day, but I asked the kids to take a few. And they did. But very few... (It was all about boxes and paper for me! Whatever the movers could take when...

engaging…lately {23}

above: our little slice of the Lake Erie shoreline. This week's been a welcome 180 to the ungrounded-ness of last week's post. The one where my gears felt 'caught'; suspended; not fully engaged. (So, Yay!) This tee caught my eye while shoe shopping for E.-- and it made me think. Other than time to settle...

engaging…lately {19}

I've been kinda quiet...in this space, and in most places, this week. No reason, nothing intentional or heavy or monumental. Just feeling...quiet. Not much to share, no deep thoughts or big inspiration. Not much of anything, really. I'm just...being. Me. Even my reading's been quiet-er lately. I am keeping up with a couple of group...

engaging…lately {18}

I'll never forget the conversation I had with a friend in 2004, sitting on her couch nursing babies together while she cried about the end of her maternity leave. By the next time we spoke? She was back to her office. She'd made things work. Her first morning leaving went fine, actually. Way better than...