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  • Rejoice, Always

    Well, where should we begin? Perhaps 2020? Looks like the last letter that *actually* made it out was the end of 2019.

    Rejoice in the Lord always: again I will say, Rejoice.

    Phil 4:4

    2020 Thematic Recap:

    Anne: managed …

    Posted: December 4th, 2022 ˑ  No Comments
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  • It’s A Wonderful Life

    Coming soon.. our 2021 update letter. Oh, the suspense!

    …
    Posted: January 19th, 2022 ˑ  No Comments
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  • The Birthday of the Life

    Our Saviour was born today: let us be glad. For there is no proper place for sadness when we keep the birthday of the Life, which destroys the fear of mortality & brings to us the joy of promised eternity. …

    Posted: November 23rd, 2019 ˑ  1 Comment
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  • Closure

    “Final and irrevocable” were the words she used. Closed doors. An end. That chance was gone.

    At last.

    I was nauseous that morning eight years ago. Perhaps a combination of vitamins with a powerful antibiotic on an empty stomach? Perhaps …

    Posted: November 23rd, 2019 ˑ  No Comments
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  • Stars In Our Eyes

    So, a couple I know (not intimately–we were only ever acquaintances) has been getting a lot of flack recently for an article announcing their marriage. Maybe it was the way the article was written (which is the author’s fault, not …

    Posted: November 23rd, 2019 ˑ  No Comments
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  • Great Lent

    I have always believed that if one Feasts properly, one is also ready for the Fast. Naturally, if one fasts well, the Feast is more delicious still.…

    Posted: February 9th, 2016 ˑ  No Comments
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  • Old Friends

    I hadn’t even seen them, except in pictures, for more than three years.…

    Posted: December 21st, 2015 ˑ  No Comments
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  • Christmastime Is Here

    Dear Family and Friends,

    Christmas is a time of memory. It seeps in through every aspect of the season and floods our hearts to overflowing.…

    Posted: December 15th, 2015 ˑ  1 Comment
    Filled under: home
  • Enough

    You know, I used to long for a big family. Twenty-three children was not too many. I saw myself barefoot and pregnant for a majority of my married life. …

    Posted: August 2nd, 2013 ˑ  13 Comments
    Filled under: interesting
  • On Material Things

    She hadn’t bought me nail polish for years. …

    Posted: June 8th, 2013 ˑ  2 Comments
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  • Boston..

    Every year when we were in Boston we watched the marathoners run by.…

    Posted: April 15th, 2013 ˑ  2 Comments
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  • Today is Momma’s birthday.

    …

    Posted: April 12th, 2013 ˑ  2 Comments
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  • Christ is Risen!

    Indeed, He is Risen!…

    Posted: March 31st, 2013 ˑ  No Comments
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  • On Becoming A Family

    I don’t have many words this week. But I want to share this with you. …

    Posted: March 27th, 2013 ˑ  2 Comments
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  • I have to start again somewhere..

    And this is how I’m feeling this spring.…

    Posted: March 25th, 2013 ˑ  No Comments
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  • Things I Miss (and not) about Boston

    Snow! (ice)…

    Posted: February 7th, 2013 ˑ  No Comments
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  • La La La.. List time!

    –I took down the rest of the Christmas decorations today. …

    Posted: February 5th, 2013 ˑ  2 Comments
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  • Perspective

    I was really run down yesterday. Possibly because we had a day-consuming House Blessing event on Saturday. Possibly because T had been doing Startup Weekend all weekend and I had to do House Blessing and Sunday Liturgy with the Babe …

    Posted: January 28th, 2013 ˑ  1 Comment
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    Posted: January 16th, 2013 ˑ  1 Comment
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  • Hey Seester..

    I miss you.…

    Posted: January 15th, 2013 ˑ  No Comments
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  • A New Year

    A new you!

    Right? Isn’t that how the saying goes? …

    Posted: January 14th, 2013 ˑ  No Comments
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  • O Christmas Tree!

    So, my phone is fritz-y these days, which is why I am now posting the story of how we got our Christmas tree here, and not on Instagram a few weeks ago.…

    Posted: January 11th, 2013 ˑ  2 Comments
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  • Where We Came From

    Next door to Macia’s favorite coffee shop is Magpie, a store I could spend all my money in. …

    Posted: January 10th, 2013 ˑ  6 Comments
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    Posted: January 9th, 2013 ˑ  No Comments
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  • Wishing You Warmth

    for the holidays.…

    Posted: January 8th, 2013 ˑ  2 Comments
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  • Memory Lane

    For those of you who know where this is, I’m sure you can understand how awesome it was to show Mace around the place.…

    Posted: January 7th, 2013 ˑ  No Comments
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  • What Macie Says

    Her language is exploding. She went straight from two word sentences (Daddy sit. Mommy eat.) to whole paragraphs. Her first long sentence was (furiously) “NO WADDO READ BOOK!” …

    Posted: January 4th, 2013 ˑ  2 Comments
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  • Processing…

    I fully admit that one of the reasons I haven’t been blogging is because–all at the same time–I have nothing and far too many things to write about. …

    Posted: January 3rd, 2013 ˑ  1 Comment
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    Posted: January 2nd, 2013 ˑ  No Comments
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  • Oh, Hello 2013.

    It’s nice to meet you. I didn’t expect you so soon. Perhaps I got too carried away at the end, there. …

    Posted: January 2nd, 2013 ˑ  1 Comment
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  • Saying Goodbye

    I remember, after my grandmother died, my mother went back home to divvy up the inheritance with her siblings, and to clear out Big Mom’s house so that it could be sold.…

    Posted: August 27th, 2012 ˑ  2 Comments
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  • What Are You Peeking At, Macia?

    Caidoc, Momma! He was baptized on Sunday.…

    Posted: July 27th, 2012 ˑ  No Comments
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    Posted: July 25th, 2012 ˑ  1 Comment
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  • A Cousin for Macie

    Two months ago, Macia got her first cousin on her daddy’s side.…

    Posted: July 23rd, 2012 ˑ  1 Comment
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  • Blue

    berries!

    Her words are just exploding, though they are hard to articulate. She has morphed “cracker” into a back-of-the-throat “guh-cawh” and “avocado” is something like “clalala.” But she is talking. She mimics our sounds and the right number of syllables …

    Posted: July 20th, 2012 ˑ  3 Comments
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  • Water, Oil, Fire

    Her dress is finished. She has new white shoes. I have enough lace left over to make a headband or a bow for her hair.…

    Posted: July 19th, 2012 ˑ  1 Comment
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  • Two’s Day on Friday

    We packed up the diaper bag and headed down to the children’s museum in Fort Point. On Fridays, they have free entry, and it’s so close to Flour Bakery and Barrington Coffee, that there was something for everyone!…

    Posted: July 17th, 2012 ˑ  1 Comment
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  • Monday Thoughts

    Today is Monday (ha, Monday, string beans).…

    Posted: July 16th, 2012 ˑ  No Comments
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  • Almost 20, Brought to You by Instagram

    So, I joined Instagram. …

    Posted: July 13th, 2012 ˑ  2 Comments
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  • rose + mary

    Sitting in front of the Mary grotto while my Macie Rose played in the sand, I stared blankly at Momma’s huge rosemary bush, following he twisted branches in and out of the center of the bush. It was tough and …

    Posted: July 12th, 2012 ˑ  No Comments
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  • Mourning, Still

    I wasn’t expecting the grief that surfaced when I was alone at Daddy’s house. …

    Posted: July 10th, 2012 ˑ  2 Comments
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  • Apricots and Sunshine Days

    Macia and I picked apricots.…

    Posted: July 9th, 2012 ˑ  No Comments
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  • F. Liszt

    Does anyone remember Victor Borge? He did the phonetic punctuation bit? He also did a bit where he plays a piece by Fliszt. It’s not F. Liszt, of course. You don’t say “M. Ozart,” do you?…

    Posted: July 6th, 2012 ˑ  3 Comments
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  • On Leave. I left!

    This is what I started to write the first day of my adoption leave, way back on May 1:…

    Posted: July 5th, 2012 ˑ  2 Comments
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  • Six Years

    Six years ago today, I had been married for just a day. …

    Posted: April 30th, 2012 ˑ  3 Comments
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    Posted: April 25th, 2012 ˑ  2 Comments
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  • 16ish Months

    You may have been looking for an update on the Babers on Good Friday. I’m sorry if you were disappointed. Maybe this will make up for it. Let’s do it in list form. #yaylists!…

    Posted: April 20th, 2012 ˑ  2 Comments
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  • Happy Birthday, Momma

    I love you so much.…

    Posted: April 12th, 2012 ˑ  2 Comments
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  • Sweet Leaf

    You saw one happy peek at our Sunday visit to Sweet Leaf on Long Island during our NY trip. …

    Posted: April 11th, 2012 ˑ  No Comments
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  • 26.2

    I was a runner in high school. Yes, I was a proud member of the group that said things like “my sport is your sport’s punishment” (don’t ask me why that was cool–did it make us tough?)…

    Posted: April 11th, 2012 ˑ  No Comments
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  • Climb Every.. Chair

    Today we’re heading up to Macia’s 16 month check up. Yes, the kid is 16 months old.. is that crazy to anyone else? …

    Posted: April 5th, 2012 ˑ  1 Comment
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  • Abundance

    We have lots of carrots. ‘Tis the season, apparently, for our CSA produce share, but I made the mistake of asking Taylor to get “some carrots” at the store…

    Posted: April 3rd, 2012 ˑ  9 Comments
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  • We came home from New York and set up Macia’s new crib (which we picked up the week before) and wiggled it into a temporary spot in our bedroom. Just for that first night. …

    Posted: April 2nd, 2012 ˑ  7 Comments
    Filled under: home
  • A Little Bit West Back East

    Stumptown. Started in Portland (taking its name from the city’s nickname), the only location in New York. Fabulous coffee.…

    Posted: March 30th, 2012 ˑ  No Comments
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  • Grumpy McGrumpy Pants

    After Gimme! we went to Cafe Grumpy. I didn’t take any pictures because (TMI warning) Macia had a stinky diaper and we needed to find some place to change her and I was thirsty but didn’t want any more …

    Posted: March 29th, 2012 ˑ  No Comments
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  • Gimme!

    I think Macia, by far, had the most fun at Gimme! coffee. The inside of the cafe was so small that, with a wiggly toddler, it only made sense to drink our coffee outside. A bit chilly, but there was …

    Posted: March 28th, 2012 ˑ  No Comments
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    Posted: March 28th, 2012 ˑ  2 Comments
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  • Bowery

    Bowery Coffee, across the street from the Houston-Bowery Mural Wall, won my vote for “best ambiance.”…

    Posted: March 28th, 2012 ˑ  No Comments
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  • New York

    We had several objectives in visiting New York. …

    Posted: March 26th, 2012 ˑ  No Comments
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  • Time Passeth

    I am bad at multi-tasking. Just ask Taylor. If I start a sewing project or a baking endeavor, all else gets put on hold until. it’s. finished. …

    Posted: March 21st, 2012 ˑ  6 Comments
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  • Up To?

    Up to? What is she up to these days?…

    Posted: March 9th, 2012 ˑ  2 Comments
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  • She’s So Beautiful!

    Yes, we hear that a lot. I am not ashamed to brag about it either, since we had nothing to do with her genetics.…

    Posted: March 8th, 2012 ˑ  7 Comments
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    Posted: March 7th, 2012 ˑ  1 Comment
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  • It’s A Girl!

    Becoming parents has been a funny process for us. Not least because the getting of the Babe has been so unusual and drawn out. …

    Posted: March 6th, 2012 ˑ  32 Comments
    Filled under: writing
  • Fourteen Angels

    I remember Momma’s voice. As time goes on after her death, much fades, but I will always remember so much of her voice. [Also, I thank God for all those cheesy home videos we have. It is such a blessing …

    Posted: March 5th, 2012 ˑ  2 Comments
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  • Babe-isms

    When she wants to get down (from her high chair or from the mei tai) she points down and growls: dooooooww…

    Posted: March 2nd, 2012 ˑ  4 Comments
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  • A Poem

    ..from  my very talented sister. …

    Posted: March 1st, 2012 ˑ  4 Comments
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    Posted: February 29th, 2012 ˑ  1 Comment
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  • Lost. And Found

    The great irony of our journey to parenthood, to me, is the bottle brush that hangs by our sink. We use it almost daily to wash out the Babe’s bottles, but we didn’t buy it for her. We didn’t even …

    Posted: February 28th, 2012 ˑ  5 Comments
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  • Everything In Its Place

    “You shouldn’t hang knit ties, Wifey, because they stretch out. You have to roll them and store them that way,” he says.…

    Posted: February 27th, 2012 ˑ  No Comments
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  • Rompin’

    If this Summer is anything like this Winter (being abnormally warm), the Babe will be prepared. …

    Posted: February 24th, 2012 ˑ  No Comments
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  • Quilted Pink (and Green and Orange and Turquoise and Yellow and a Little Bit Red)

    I once said I’d never make a quilt. Which was from the beginning a complete lie because I had, in fact, already made one quilt. A crazy quilt. From a huge box of bitty vintage scraps my grandmother had saved. …

    Posted: February 23rd, 2012 ˑ  2 Comments
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    Posted: February 22nd, 2012 ˑ  2 Comments
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  • danceFIT, pants fit

    I don’t think I would have signed up without Viv doing it, too. I’d never done ballet (or any traditional dance, really) and the closest I come to graceful is when I’m on a crowded dance floor …

    Posted: February 21st, 2012 ˑ  No Comments
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  • Back!

    Ah, that’s better.

    I think the best way to get back into the swing of things is in list-form.

    [I will make a rule: I won’t post more than one list a week. I can handle that.]

    • We had a
    …
    Posted: February 20th, 2012 ˑ  2 Comments
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  • A Break

    I am going to take a break this week. At least from writing. …

    Posted: February 13th, 2012 ˑ  No Comments
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  • Babers Update

    Yesterday, we bought the Babe a new car seat. ‘Cuz seriously you guys, that kid is getting huge. And don’t tell me, “oh, but you’re just missing her bitty-baby days,” because we weren’t able to be there for …

    Posted: February 10th, 2012 ˑ  2 Comments
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  • Dreaming

    I am restless.

    The future is a big mish-mash of mostly-certain and less-certain and not-certain-at-all.…

    Posted: February 9th, 2012 ˑ  4 Comments
    Filled under: writing
  • Randoms

    I want to write today, but I can’t form an organized enough thought to do anything other than a list. Still, lists are fun sometimes, too.

    –Taylor loves quilts. And kilts. And woolens. And anything knit or crocheted. I knit. …

    Posted: February 8th, 2012 ˑ  2 Comments
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  • Cloud 9

    “Oh, Anne–congratulations! You must just be on cloud nine. How exciting–it’s finally over.”

    I’ve been getting that a lot lately.…

    Posted: February 6th, 2012 ˑ  1 Comment
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  • My Golden Hour

    Babes and I have spent some time at the park this week. …

    Posted: February 3rd, 2012 ˑ  1 Comment
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    Posted: February 1st, 2012 ˑ  1 Comment
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  • Looking Back

    A friend reminded me of when we first met the Babe.…

    Posted: January 31st, 2012 ˑ  4 Comments
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  • Walking Along

    Yep, the Babe is walking.…

    Posted: January 30th, 2012 ˑ  3 Comments
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  • Sunday Thoughts

    Today I was thinking about clothes.…

    Posted: January 29th, 2012 ˑ  4 Comments
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  • And Joy, Again

    We are laying low today. Babe and I are enjoying a quiet recovery day while Taylor studies au cafe.…

    Posted: January 28th, 2012 ˑ  4 Comments
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  • Joy

    Most of you have seen the news on twitter or facebook already. That the Babe can stay with us.…

    Posted: January 27th, 2012 ˑ  6 Comments
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  • Thursday Things I Love

    pat-a-pat-pat (telling me she wants to be picked up)

    foo-foo-foo (whispered when she’s hungry)…

    Posted: January 26th, 2012 ˑ  6 Comments
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    Posted: January 25th, 2012 ˑ  2 Comments
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  • Tuesday Three’s-Day

    No, I won’t ever be ready. I think part of being an eternal being is that we are never ready to say goodbye. We weren’t meant to.…

    Posted: January 24th, 2012 ˑ  No Comments
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  • Today Is Monday, Again

    The days just keep coming. One by one they tick away.…

    Posted: January 23rd, 2012 ˑ  No Comments
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  • Just That Kind of Morning

    Posted: January 22nd, 2012 ˑ  2 Comments
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  • Babers McMoany Pants

    This week, there’s been a lot of moaning. We suspect it’s mostly teething–kid is working on her left molar, poor thing. But that cranky tooth apparently makes it less comfortable to communicate. …

    Posted: January 20th, 2012 ˑ  No Comments
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  • Still..

    Eight days.…

    Posted: January 19th, 2012 ˑ  No Comments
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    Posted: January 18th, 2012 ˑ  2 Comments
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  • Let’s Get Cozy

    I have another blogger crush. These are the crushes where I look through a blog and drool over every picture, every idea, every made-thing and want it to be my home, my life, my crafts, too.…

    Posted: January 17th, 2012 ˑ  No Comments
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  • A Little Sewing

    We got a package last week.. from some wonderful friends 🙂

    What was inside?…

    Posted: January 16th, 2012 ˑ  4 Comments
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  • I Dunno!

    We took Christmas down this weekend.. Poor Babe. “Where’s the tree?”…

    Posted: January 15th, 2012 ˑ  4 Comments
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  • Babe Update

    How would you all like to have Fridays be the “update on what the Babe of Cutness has been doing this week” days?…

    Posted: January 13th, 2012 ˑ  2 Comments
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  • Lucky

    People have  been telling me how lucky the Babe is to be with Taylor and me right now. We’ve been told how noble and selfless we are to open our hearts and home to her, and how wonderful we are …

    Posted: January 12th, 2012 ˑ  4 Comments
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  • And She Shall Be Called…

    Y’know, some people long for nicknames. And others naturally evoke an abundance. …

    Posted: January 10th, 2012 ˑ  2 Comments
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  • The Obligatory Resolutions Post

    Do these make sense to you? I think I mostly know what I mean as I list them here. We shall see.…

    Posted: January 9th, 2012 ˑ  No Comments
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  • Sunday, Ice Cream!

    Saturday, chicken.…

    Posted: January 8th, 2012 ˑ  No Comments
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  • … Saturday Chicken

    Friday, fresh fish. …

    Posted: January 7th, 2012 ˑ  No Comments
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  • Friday, Fresh Fish

    Thursday, roast beef. …

    Posted: January 6th, 2012 ˑ  2 Comments
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  • Thursday, Roast Beef

    Wednesday, zoooooooup!

    …

    Posted: January 5th, 2012 ˑ  4 Comments
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  • … (Wednesday zooooooooup!)

    Posted: January 4th, 2012 ˑ  3 Comments
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  • Tuesday, Spaghetti

    Monday, string beans.

    …

    Posted: January 3rd, 2012 ˑ  No Comments
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  • Today Is Monday

    Monday, string beans. …

    Posted: January 2nd, 2012 ˑ  1 Comment
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  • What I Have Learned

    I have been “momma” for two months. I have been changing diapers and filling bottles and washing clothes and wiping boogers and kissing fingers and toes for a wonderful nine weeks.…

    Posted: January 1st, 2012 ˑ  4 Comments
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    Posted: November 2nd, 2011 ˑ  5 Comments
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  • We Will Keep Hope

    Beautiful words from a dear friend…

    “I look forward to the day when the 3 of you come to the ranch on a beautiful summer’s day filled with sunshine…

    Posted: November 1st, 2011 ˑ  2 Comments
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  • Haunted House

    All houses wherein men have lived and died
    Are haunted houses. …

    Posted: October 31st, 2011 ˑ  No Comments
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  • It Takes A Village

    On Saturday, I went through some pictures with the Babe’s foster mother. Many pictures that, surprisingly, I have never seen before. Moments we were not present for. Smiles we never saw, laughter we never heard.…

    Posted: October 29th, 2011 ˑ  2 Comments
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  • Autumn

    My mother died in March. On the eleventh. Two and a half years ago.…

    Posted: October 27th, 2011 ˑ  No Comments
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  • That Moving Day?

    We are still waiting.…

    Posted: October 24th, 2011 ˑ  2 Comments
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  • Moving

    Last weekend was good. It was great and very full. And here is another one looming, just down the road–how quickly time moves on..

    Friday, after running a few errands, we headed out to see the Babe. It was a …

    Posted: October 13th, 2011 ˑ  6 Comments
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  • Seasonal

    Ecclesiastes said it best: to everything there is a season.  A time to live and to die; a time to grieve and to rejoice. A time to eat asparagus and a time to eat squash. There is a proper season …

    Posted: October 11th, 2011 ˑ  4 Comments
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  • Engaged

    One week ago, my younger sister’s boyfriend asked her to marry him. She may, perhaps, have been furious with me, even in her ecstatic joy, when I admitted that I knew about it (well) ahead of time. …

    Posted: October 10th, 2011 ˑ  3 Comments
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  • On Waiting..

    Timely advice, just when I was wishing things would move more quickly..

     

    The Slow Work of God…

    Posted: September 27th, 2011 ˑ  4 Comments
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  • A Home for Baby

    In many ways, simply fostering an infant seems easier to me. If one takes the infant home, as a foster parent, one knows that the infant will only be with you for a time, that he won’t stay in your …

    Posted: September 26th, 2011 ˑ  8 Comments
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  • the golden hour: While Sails

    Posted: September 7th, 2011 ˑ  No Comments
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  • Take on Hope

    My mother always told me: “Praise the Lord!  Even through gritted teeth.” And no one describes better than Tolkien the grim resolution to continue on the way…

    Posted: September 2nd, 2011 ˑ  1 Comment
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  • You’ll Always Be..

    I wake up to this song most mornings.  Lilting and a bit mournful, it reminds me of being so far from our baby girl, but still treasuring the time we’ve had with her.  We’ll always have that.

    Happy 9-month birthday, …

    Posted: September 1st, 2011 ˑ  1 Comment
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  • 5 Months?

    A veritable eternity in the life of a nine-month old. Or for the waiting, hopeful-parents of a nine-month old.…

    Posted: August 31st, 2011 ˑ  2 Comments
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  • Waiting…

    Two more hours and I will cycle home from work.

    Two hours and 10 minutes and I will call the foster mother…

    Posted: August 30th, 2011 ˑ  1 Comment
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  • Flowers for Mary

    On August 15, the Church celebrated the feast of the Assumption and Dormition of Mary, God-bearer. Tradition tells us that when it was Mary’s time to die, the apostles were mystically transported to her side, with the exception of Thomas …

    Posted: August 29th, 2011 ˑ  2 Comments
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  • Anticipation

    Sitting in the sunny window seat of a cafe last week, glancing outside between sips of my cappuccino and notes to my husband on chat, I saw a young man hanging around in front of the cafe.  …

    Posted: August 24th, 2011 ˑ  4 Comments
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  • Mood

    I am in a mood.  And this song about sums it up. This last week without my husband is already one of the hardest weeks of the summer.  And it’s only Monday.…

    Posted: August 22nd, 2011 ˑ  No Comments
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  • Hold on Hope

    A dear friend shared this song with me tonight.  She told me it reminds her of her brother, who was killed several years ago…

    Posted: August 18th, 2011 ˑ  No Comments
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  • CS Lewis on Prayer

    M: “I know how hard you’ve been praying, and God’s answering your prayers.”

    Lewis: “That’s not why I pray. I pray because I can’t help myself. I pray because the need flows out of me all the time, waking and …

    Posted: August 15th, 2011 ˑ  1 Comment
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  • Red

    I remember very clearly how I felt, walking along a sunny side-street in Ravenna, Italy, when I felt the first mild cramping that signaled the beginning of my period.…

    Posted: August 10th, 2011 ˑ  15 Comments
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  • Come

    Peter called out: “Lord, if it is You, command me to come out to You on the water.”

    And the Lord said: “Come.”                        …

    Posted: August 9th, 2011 ˑ  2 Comments
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  • Marry for Love

    “Very few people ever state properly the strong argument in favour of marrying for love or against marrying for money.…

    Posted: August 5th, 2011 ˑ  No Comments
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  • a word from Balthasar:

    It is possible for us to hear the word of God because God’s world is open to us.  Most Christians do not realize that this is by no means a matter of course, but a miracle of the Father’s utterly …

    Posted: August 4th, 2011 ˑ  No Comments
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  • by anne black

    So I have an announcement.  Of sorts.

    One of the items I’d like to make available in my Etsy shop is prints of my photographs.  But I’m having a hard time choosing which pictures I should include.

    Could you do …

    Posted: August 2nd, 2011 ˑ  2 Comments
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  • Unfailing

    Do not look forward to what may happen tomorrow; the same everlasting Father who cares for you today will take care of you tomorrow and every day.…

    Posted: August 2nd, 2011 ˑ  3 Comments
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  • On Edge

    She is 8 months old today.  34 weeks.  243 days.

    I have seen her less than 30 times in her whole life.…

    Posted: August 1st, 2011 ˑ  5 Comments
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  • When It’s Over

    How I’m feeling as Wednesday marches forward..

    Wake Me Up
    by Nora Jones…

    Posted: July 31st, 2011 ˑ  No Comments
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  • on t-shirts (fitted)

    I am not usually a t-shirt person.

    I’ve known women who rarely wear anything other than jeans or jean shorts and an assortment of tees.  There is nothing wrong with that, of course–t-shirts are very comfortable, modest, and relatively cool …

    Posted: July 28th, 2011 ˑ  4 Comments
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  • Newly Wed

    So many smiles.  Clapping.  Tear-wiping.  Even a little whooping and hollering.  Mr. & Mrs. for the first time.…

    Posted: July 25th, 2011 ˑ  6 Comments
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  • the golden hour: welcome

    inspired by Miss Perry…

    Posted: July 23rd, 2011 ˑ  2 Comments
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  • Emerald City

    Cyclists whizzing by, odd-shaped packages tethered to backs and bikes.

    Cafes of all quality and variety on so many corners.…

    Posted: July 18th, 2011 ˑ  No Comments
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  • Toilet Seats

    Growing up, we had a lot of rules that our parents set down for our betterment and the general upkeep of the house. Always wash your hands before playing the piano; close the lid and push the bench back in …

    Posted: July 7th, 2011 ˑ  3 Comments
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  • Two as One

    Being apart from Taylor has made me realize how much a part of me he is. I am more than just Anne with him; my identity seems prone to shifting without his anchoring presence near me.

    It’s not that I …

    Posted: July 5th, 2011 ˑ  2 Comments
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  • Not As the World Gives

    Mass this Sunday was my first of the summer without Taylor.  Last week we were in California together.  The week before, Seattle.  It was a strange feeling, surrounded by people but sitting by myself. …

    Posted: June 23rd, 2011 ˑ  4 Comments
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  • Everybody

    Oh, Pandora.  You slay me with your Pink Martini station. Have a listen with me this evening:

    Everybody by Ingrid Michaelson…

    Posted: June 22nd, 2011 ˑ  2 Comments
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  • To Tear

    You can read “tear” two ways.  One, those salty-secretions from your eyes–in joy or sorrow or laughter or allergies.  Two, as in things-torn, the act of ripping…

    Posted: June 22nd, 2011 ˑ  7 Comments
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  • Goodnight, Baby

    We love to sing to our Little Girl.. and when I get to put her to sleep, I have a special song I like to sing. You’ve probably heard it before. Here are the words.…

    Posted: June 21st, 2011 ˑ  2 Comments
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  • Envoy

    Clear was the night: the moon was young:
    The larkspurs in the plots
    Mingled their orange with the gold
    Of the forget-me-nots.…

    Posted: June 20th, 2011 ˑ  No Comments
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  • Kindred

    When I first discovered Ashley Rodriguez through her blog, her then-current post was a recipe for bacon caramels.  I instantly fell in love.   …

    Posted: June 17th, 2011 ˑ  No Comments
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  • An Invitation

    Welcome.

    For renidemus is, first and foremost, an invitation.  An invitation to sit down with me, to read what I can offer you, and to offer your thoughts in return.…

    Posted: June 16th, 2011 ˑ  14 Comments
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  • In This House of Brede

    “Even at Vespers in these days Abbess Catherine, as if echoing the abbot’s words, thought, as the antiphon to the Magnificat was sung, of the Visitation, when the Virgin Mary, with the angel’s announcement beating in her heart, had gone …

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  • God has created…

    a world big enough for all the lives He wishes to be born. It is only our hearts that are not big enough to want them and accept them……

    Posted: June 13th, 2011 ˑ  No Comments
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  • Traveling

    Today I am flying to California to see my family. My WHOLE family.   [Except for baby girl.. She has to stay on this coast.]  My flight was delayed 15 minutes, …

    Posted: June 10th, 2011 ˑ  No Comments
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  • More Than Goodbye

    It was so much more than simply saying goodbye to my husband for a few days, or a week, or several. It was more than knowing I would be facing an empty house coming home from work, or going to …

    Posted: June 6th, 2011 ˑ  2 Comments
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  • One Thousand

    With my head perched on the sill of my bedroom window, I hear birds in neighboring trees through my wire-grid screen.  When I focus closely, every part of the world fits into neat little boxes. …

    Posted: June 1st, 2011 ˑ  No Comments
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  • The Golden Key

    “You must not mind my asking you questions, for you may ask me the same questions, every one of them, and any others that you like. How old are you?”

    “Ten,” answered Tangle.

    “You don’t look like it,” said the

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    Posted: May 25th, 2011 ˑ  2 Comments
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  • Mourning

    The other day, I read a post by a recently-delivered mama of twins.  [Please read it, it’s wonderful!] While her boys are mostly healthy, they were born a bit premature, and so they had to spend some time in the …

    Posted: May 23rd, 2011 ˑ  No Comments
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  • Etsy!

    I have officially opened my Etsy shop. *cue dramatic music*
    …

    Posted: May 17th, 2011 ˑ  No Comments
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  • A Wind Sprang High in the West

    …like a wave of unreasonable happiness, and tore eastward across England, trailing with it the frosty scent of forests and the cold intoxication of the sea. …

    Posted: May 14th, 2011 ˑ  1 Comment
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  • Enough

    I am in limbo. Hovering, or perhaps falling, in an empty space I didn’t even know existed in the realm of “becoming mother.”  …

    Posted: May 12th, 2011 ˑ  No Comments
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  • Some Sewing..

    Oh dear, I haven’t been nearly as good at keeping up on my sewing lately as I should.  And I haven’t even been good about sharing the things I have done with you.  …

    Posted: May 9th, 2011 ˑ  No Comments
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  • on recipes

    “I feel a recipe is only a theme, which an intelligent cook can play each time with a variation.”

    – Madame Benoit…

    Posted: February 16th, 2011 ˑ  No Comments
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  • Hungry for More?

    Before I moved in here, I had cozy little digs at blogspot, which served me well for several years.  But things change, husbands get in to web development, and new spaces are created.

    If you’re looking for more to …

    Posted: January 1st, 2011 ˑ  No Comments
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