I have a secret to share, for the past six years I have talked about life as something that was going to start soon. First it was Kevin’s grad school, then it was the first town we lived in, then it was a complicated soon with Alder as if I was waiting for him to [...]
Entries from November 2009
November 21, 2009
I’m in and out
Hi life is getting pretty busy. Santa Fe was short, only gotr tospend on night and the tried to beat a snow storm home the next afternoon. Got stuck in Pueblo in a motel. Luckily, the motel had a pool and a hot tub so we spent a few hours there before bed and in [...]
November 12, 2009
Travels
Alder and I are heading south for the weekend. Down to Santa Fe to meet up with “Aunt Amanda” who is down there on business. I’m crossing my fingers for okay driving weather and have a tank full of gas. I hope everyone enjoys their weekends as well. I will return with tales to tell.
November 9, 2009
New Paints
We broke out the tempera paints this weekend for the first time. I have a bunch of projects that I think Alder might like to do. But to start I just want him to paint and get a feel for how they work. So Sunday morning we covered the table and sat down with plates [...]
November 9, 2009
A conversation regarding the revolution
So I seemed to hit a nerve with one reader the other day with my How Do We Start the Revolution entry, the following is the emails that we exchanged this weekend, I have posted them here with her permission. Her writing is in Italics. I am putting it here unedited (except for spelling) even [...]
November 5, 2009
One Chicken
One Chicken last Friday night has been:
1) Garlic Ginger Clay Pot Chicken with Rice.
2) Late night left over bowls.
3) One pot of broth that became
A) Miso, noodle, broccoli, and tofu soup.
B) Seaside stew (with shrimp fish and mussels)
C) Spinach and Mung Bean Soup.
D) Risotto.
And for it’s final act the bones will go into the wood [...]
November 4, 2009
How Do We Start the Revolution?
Today’s question over at Camp Creek “how do we start the revolution”.
I think the most important piece to creating real change in education is having a clear idea of the world we want our children to be part of creating. We can talk for hours about the negative effects of schooling and it’s origins but [...]
November 3, 2009
The Shop is Open!
A few minutes late but the first group of pieces are up in the shop for all to see (and maybe buy).
November 2, 2009
My New Project
Over the past few weeks I have been working on a new project. One that has involved fabric, words and lines. It actually began a few months ago in a sketchbook somewhere but it has finally taken shape. I would like to announce the opening of my new etsy shop onefreemoment, tomorrow at 11am (MST). [...]
November 1, 2009
The Halloween Addition
Yesterday Alder experienced Trick-or-Treating for the first time. We were up in Denver for the weekend and we managed one block in our old neighborhood (where we were staying) and his bag was full. For the last month he had been adamant that he did not want to dress up for Halloween, then Saturday when [...]
