Covid-19 is here and whether or not its making you sick, if you're a parent, it's certainly going to add more to your plate at home. If your kids' schools have been closed, like mine, you might be wondering how you'll keep order, get anything
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So much of mothering is logistical and task oriented. (Schedule dentist appointments: check! Make sure they're eating their vegetables: check! Parental controls on their iPads: check! Order new cleats for soccer: check!) All that stuff is vital, but then there's the other equally vital part:
Read MoreI was thinking today while I was on my jog: Is everyone's home as wild as mine? Seriously. Is there someone leaping off a couch, or crying about the stuffed animal that the dog chewed up, or whining about wanting candy in your house---right this
Read MoreThat gorgeous, delicate blossom? It's a blackberry vine! Yes, the wild, gnarly weed of the Northwest has a great moment of beauty in the late spring/early summer and if you blink, you'll miss it. Have you ever seen a blackberry blossom? I strapped the baby in
Read MoreSo, even though I'm running around like a madwoman prepping for the launch of The Violets of March (it's out next week! Can you believe it?! And have you pre-ordered? Thank you so much!), I've still been keeping up with life as normal, which means
Read MoreDo you read the beautiful blog Nie Nie Dialogues, written by the brave, inspiring Stephanie (the mother of four and survivor of a near-fatal airplane crash)? I adore reading her blog and came across this gorgeous passage she wrote about motherhood, which gave me goosebumps: I
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