I started this post as another down lament of all the things that we are leaving, with a little list about what we are heading towards. Ugg, what a depressing way to frame it. Instead I’ll just share that I’ve had an insanely busy week of packing, visiting New York, finishing my One: Gocco Swap [...]
Entries from June 2009
June 16, 2009
acceptance
“When we are in our new house can we plant strawberries?”
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“I will go for a walk with aunt Karen”
When, I ask.
“When we are in Colorado.”
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“No want to move Mama.”
I know Day, I tell him. But we will have a house with its own forest and you can go out both doors by yourself.
“Can I plant [...]
June 14, 2009
saying good-bye; life inside the move
We had plans
growing here among love
and the green.
But the world beyond us took hold
twisting our simplicity
until it became a complication.
And we were left with little
except the love
and the green.
But love and green do not grow a child
or deepen a family,
it stretches love thin.
So we are leaving the love,
three generations,
and the green, so very deep.
We are [...]
June 9, 2009
life in side the move 1
Our house is full of boxes and piles of things of debatable nature. We have a truck reserved for two Mondays from now but there is still a lot of diversions between now and then. As if seeing people and packing isn’t enough I joined the One:gocco swap. Being me this is a little more [...]
June 7, 2009
Family Day
Despite the fact that we have two weeks to pack up and clean the house we decided to spend today together enjoying Vermont. We started with the annual Farmer’s Breakfast and then went off for a drive. We ended up at a flea market where I found a bunch of stuff for the shop (including [...]
June 5, 2009
A Tear Stained Post
Where were you a year ago? or two? or three? for me that is a hard question because we have move every year for four years. Now again we are packing up and going. This is the hardest move for me. We came to Vermont to be near my family but it just hasn’t worked [...]
June 5, 2009
absence
Life is pretty chaotic right now with organizing our move and deciding when.
Shannon has a good photo summary of our weekend.
Hopefully I’ll be more inspired here soon.
June 1, 2009
Weekend Away
Portsmouth for lunch.
Talking
North we go!
Find a campsite,
Settle in
no stove pump , no camera (what was I saying about being prepared?)
cashew butter and bread dinner
digging and buckets
tent life with Alder
morning rain storms
wet tent ( old tents= leaky bottoms)
LL Bean
crazy expensive pumps
no pumps
hollow rocks and yogurt
farmers market
sunshine
packing up
sand beach
magic holes
tides coming in
sandy car ride
bickering boy
lobster search
late [...]
