“The best things in life are unexpected – because there were no expectations.”
Eli Khamarov
When I drop Pip off at Daisytree pre-school two mornings a week, it provides Fig and I with a two-hour chunk of one-on-one time. During the week-long Spring Break, Fig demonstrated a few negative, attention-seeking behaviours [...]
“Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.”
- Hamilton Wright Mabi
Now that I have an opportunity to write, I’m realizing that I really missed my daily postings last week! It reminds me of when I moved away from home to go to the University of [...]
“There is always music amongst the trees in the garden, but our hearts must be very quiet to hear it.”
Minnie Aumonier
We went for a gorgeous, fall walk in the forest and Fig had a spill. She tripped on a root and rolled, head-over-heels, in beautiful form. It looked choreographed, [...]
“The finest thing in the world is knowing how to belong to oneself.”
Michel de Montaigne, Of Solitude
I heard about a hand-drumming workshop at Joe’s Garage last week. A fabulous Mexican drummer named Candido was in town with his band, and he was willing to share his skills with a few [...]
“A smile is an inexpensive way to change your looks.”
Charles Gordy
I captured better photographs of Fig before she could speak.
At some point, somebody, (it couldn’t possibly have been me,) taught Fig and Pip to say, “cheese,” when a photograph is being taken. Now every time Fig [...]