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Hah! I am so behind on this and it's boring now. Oh well. Patriotic books for July! I love that many of the books on the US or politics are bound in red or blue. I also love that I haven't read most of these books! So bad but always bought at yard sales or libraryContinue reading “July Bookshelf”

I am going through paper and notebooks this afternoon and ran across this quote that I wrote down in January. I needed to find this again. And Telfer and I have a bit of a joint crush on David Brooks. May we all have an abundant influx of information and affection. "I have come toContinue reading “Happiness”

We are back home after a week of vacation with my family in Bend, Oregon. We had such a good time with my parents and sisters and Nate and cousins and swimming and popsicles and playing ball and eating (extremely well). After five nights of horrendous sleep, Jane decided on the very last night thatContinue reading “Back Home”

It has actually felt like summer the last few days in Olympia. We love it. The 4th of July ended up being a bit of a debacle. Telfer of course was working but it turns out our house is in the center of all firework celebrations in the area. Although you can't see much youContinue reading “Summer”

Good mothers teach their children to sing the song Jesus Loves Me while I apparently teach my two-year-old country music songs about failed marriages. Yes, Cate's favorite song right now is Johnny Cash's Jackson (from Walk the Line): We got married in a fever/hotter than a pepper sprout/We've been talking about Jackson/Ever since the fire wentContinue reading “We Got Married in a Fever”