Overdue report from the Hoes Down Festival: There were fiddling kids: Old timey blacksmiths: Cows: And best of all, the petting zoo: * * * Milestone report: Over the last three days, Jonah has begun climbing stairs. And so I’ve…
Author: calm mama
blogging the scraps
Bits and tidbits floating around in my head on mental scraps of paper. In the last week, Jonah has added a whole new expressive sound to his repertoire: “Ohh-oh?” He says it in a musical down-up melody. Usually when he’s…
i should start a baby food company
This post could have many other titles: dinner for three easy low-fat cassoulet how i am so proud of myself… This morning, during meditation, I made up a stew recipe. (Yes, this may seem odd… one doesn’t control the direction…
national farm animal day
I heard it on NPR this morning. A brief mention. Today is National Farm Animal Day. Not that you’ll find much about it on the google. Long-time readers of this blog are aware that I frequently fantasize about keeping farm…
not so still lifes
I’m loading up the car for the day, babe in arms. Load bag of clothes to return to the Gap, Tuffo blanket in case we sit in grassy park, bag of jeans (two pair) that need tailoring into the trunk,…
my amazing husband
One must give credit where credit is due. Today this man (in no particular order): Changed the light bulb in the bathroom; calmly held my hand while I panicked during the turbulent parts of our flight; juggled and stacked and…
falling behind as the boy advances
He’s made leaps and bounds this week while I have been backsliding on the blogging. Not an ideal combination. But not surprising since developmental leaps are usually accompanied by a breaking-up of baby’s sleep patterns, right? That’s what we drone…
nosherai
Dear readers, Remember when Jonah was new, and I was just learning how to breastfeed, and he cried all the time, and it turned out he was starving? Re-live the glory of that post at Blog Nosh, a fantastic new…