Author Archives: Andrea Y. Griffith

It's been ten years (!) since we graduated from college and got married and I have kept a fairly detailed book journal all ten years. I am in full nostalgia mode and recently looked back to see what I was reading during our first year of marriage. My past self was adorable really – soContinue reading “June Bookshelf”

I had such a run of lackluster books there for a few weeks! I am so glad the last four weeks have been better. Perhaps I just have an expansiveness of spirit due to the fact that I am getting more sleep (thank you JANE).  Week 20/52: A Degree of Mastery: A Journey Through BookContinue reading “Weeks 20, 21, 22, 23: Lovely Variety”

This is one of my favorite pictures of Cate at almost six months – it's framed in our living room and I look at it all the time. Jane is wearing the same outfit at almost nine months. I am thinking my girls look quite a bit alike, yes?

Beautiful weather + a few big events = little blogging. More tomorrow but my girls are pretty sweet these days.  Jane. Jane is a champion slobberer (look for the rivulets of spit in the photographs) and seems to love swinging as much as Cate did at this age. She is also sleeping so much betterContinue reading “A Bit Behind”

Seriously, if I had one regret in life it would be that I did not work at the Dairy Queen in high school. I really wish that I knew how to make a perfect soft-serve cone and a perfect no-drip blizzard. If that's my one regret… It's been beautiful the last few days in OlympiaContinue reading “The Dairy Queen”