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This, my favorite month of the year, has gone by in a flash, mostly a good flash. You know when you start something big and something new and your mood can swing from totally, utterly overwhelmed complete with tears of frustration to peace and confidence – all in the span of forty-five minutes? That has beenContinue reading “And so it begins”

It’s true, we are taking over ownership of a small, mostly used bookshop in downtown Olympia on Wednesday. We have been working on this for months and months now and it feels so good to say yes, this is what we are doing! This is for sure a family project. Chris and Mendy are involved.Continue reading “Bookshop Adventures”

It’s the second to last day of September and I am sitting at my desk in my cozy little office wearing a sweater and drinking tea. It’s raining outside and I am working away on a variety of work projects. More on this later. Telfer should be home soon and I think we will head outContinue reading “Ramblings”

Yesterday the girls, George and I walked down to the Frog Pond for popsicles. This was a highly anticipated event but due to our recent heat wave (note that Jane is wearing a cardigan despite the heat – I think she was mostly interested in the pockets to store her treasure, not because she was cold)Continue reading “At the Frog Pond”

Here a few photos from our very relaxing weekend. We *did* make it up to Staircase and the girls hiked for two miles! Jane predictably got a bit tired during the last mile so Telfer and I took turns piggybacking it. Such a beautiful spot. Telfer came up to Staircase as a child with hisContinue reading “Last weekend”