Delighting in food & friends
Over the past week, I’ve had the opportunity to host a couple of dinners and have loved cooking for our friends! Today, I started with just some zucchini that I picked up from a local farm – a yellow and … Continued
“How I Spent Labour Day” by Donald Duck, 1931
Today in Canada it is Labour Day, a great excuse to have a long weekend in September. Four years ago, I wished so much that I was in labour, being five days overdue with my first baby, largely so that … Continued
What I Am Into This Month – August 2011
Following suit, linked to Megan at SortaCrunchy, I will sum up my August. On My Nightstand: While I didn’t actually read Annie Dillard’s Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, or even read it in the past five years, I lived it every … Continued
Making things: bean bags
For my daughter’s upcoming 4th birthday, she asked if we could have a carnival, inspired by the one her aunt recently organized for the kids at our family reunion. What a simple, fun party that would be. Her favourite games … Continued
mother-daughter drawing club
I’ve been thinking more seriously about actually working on an illustration portfolio for children’s books. Tonight, my daughter (who will be four in September) and I were working on some drawings together. She has been putting me to shame with … Continued
We take our rest
“Slowly, slowly they return/ To the small woodland let alone:/ Great trees, outspreading and upright,/ Apostles of the living light.// Patient as start, they build in air/ Tier after tier a timbered choir,/ Stout beams upholding weightless grace/ Of song, … Continued
The accidental professional
Today marks the end of a chapter, a complete cycle, the 365th day of life as a full-time professional mom of two toddlers. It was funny thinking back over how I ended up in this position while I was interviewing … Continued
Processing creativity
Recently I remembered a time…a somewhat distant past before I had kids…when I wrote a blog. As I read the old posts, I became excited about using blogging as a way to creatively process life again. In my work, I … Continued
Caleb Matteo
We were surprised to welcome our new baby, Caleb Matteo, into the world on Wednesday May 20, 2009 at 5:13 pm. He weighed 7lb and 2oz. His due date was June 8, so he was almost three weeks early. I … Continued
Happy Birthday, Beautiful!
Today Lillia turned one! This song inspired my plans for her birthday, especially the birthday wreath she is wearing. I made it from leaves and petals we gathered together around Port Moody. What a wonderful child we have been blessed … Continued