This past Christmas my parents gave my sister, brother and I each a handmade mortar and pestle, which they found at a little store called L’autedu during a recent visit to Cinque Terre, Italy. Andy and I spent a couple days in Cinque Terre on our honeymoon. Five villages hug a terraced coastline along northern […]
Sophie, taken January 29 “When the toddler does something and there are consequences for his action civilization begins.” —Alicia F. Lieberman
James, taken January 25 “Life is a long process of getting tired.” —Samuel Butler
Mid-January Andy’s sister Lizz came for a visit, along with her boyfriend, Eric, and Andy’s parents. Sophie baked a cake (with help) for a belated birthday party for her aunt. We had such a nice visit—we just with it had been longer! “Youth is happy because it has the ability to see beauty. Anyone who […]
Sophie’s room is slowly coming together. Months ago Andy’s Dad painted her bead board white, three walls a soft pink and perfect stripes on the wall behind her bed (quite different from the grownup, wallpapered nautical theme it used to be, when we moved in). And recently my mom brought over a beautiful, handmade quilt […]
“Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable.” —Plato
I love her soft clouds of hot breath on our cold, old windows. I keep promising her soon, soon, we can spend hours, once again, playing outside. “In the depths of winter I finally learned there was in me an invincible summer.” —Albert Camus
Today, Sophie was swinging her legs, sitting in a Bumbo (which was precariously perched on our ottoman) and watching Finding Nemo when she said, “Remember that day when Daddy came home and I was upstairs and I wanted to see him so I came downstairs but I fell down the stairs?” “What?” I asked. “Remember […]
Owen: “So Hannah, do you come here often?” James: “Seriously, Owen, do you have to hit on every woman that comes into this house? You really should be spending your time enhancing your intellect with books, like I do.” Hannah: “James, I didn’t see you over there! You sound very smart.” Owen: “Ignore him! Pay […]
This week I stopped by a new bakery in Fort Thomas, Cake Towne, to buy a small chocolate cake with peanut butter icing. Six months ago this trip would have seemed impossible to me. I had all three kids with me. I didn’t know the parking situation. It was cold. I had no idea how […]
