best after work snack:

right now there’s nothing that i’d rather do more than curl up and fall asleep to angela lansbury’s voice in her old show, Murder, She Wrote, but it would be rather pathetic of me to quit on day 2 of a photo a day.  so here, here’s a little man who i spent my afternoon… Continue reading my companion

i’ve been an uninspired blogger of late.  the desire comes and goes — and comes more in the cool months of dark settling in at 5:00pm, warm apple pie sustaining your very existence, and afghans wrapped around you being a must.  the hot long days of summer beckon me to gallivant in the great outdoors… Continue reading day #1

i looked after one child this evening.  for an hour and a half it was just the two of us and we played trains, split a chocolate chip scone, took a walk down to the water where he worked up the courage to place a finger or toe in, and laughed a lot.  that’s what… Continue reading william

– cups of coffee every morning – being surprised with 2 quarts of strawberries – a black leather bound Bible that’s slowly being worn in favorite places – campfires, campfires, and more campfires – canoe rides at 11:30pm – a mums that comes in my office on a regular basis (when i’m in desperate need… Continue reading happiness is:

i spent most of my time today by myself and oh-so-tired.  the office was so cold that i considered turning the space heater on at one point and the sky so grey (most of the time) that i was convinced it was telling me to quit life, crawl into bed, and sleep myself into an… Continue reading company

velogogo.

it’s hard to start when there’s been such a long break.  my brain somehow doesn’t know how to put words together. so, i’ll just say that although a sweater has been worn for the last few days –  summer is here.  when the calendar turns to june everyone decides it’s time to vacation and relax… Continue reading getting back.

is worth a thousand words.

two girls are supposed to be studying and i’m here on the laptop trying to not distract them.  two finals are to be done and then we’ll go gallivanting for the rest of the day like we have every other day.  yesterday was our adventure day and i discovered more reasons to love this place.… Continue reading idaho update #5