The demographic: Moms. I don’t mean moms who have regained their homes and a bit of their composure, like our moms, I mean moms like us. The crazy ones. The ones that will go apeshit if not recognized for their superhuman tolerance and personal sacrifice with material goods. Know what would happen without us? Ever [...]
Filed under: gift guides on April 30th, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Awwww…
We’re finally settling back into the yurt, cats included. Our clothes are still in piles, our prints remain unframed and unhung, and I have a ton of work to do in the garden, but the nights are getting warmer and less silent. Sleep always comes faster with peepers and crickets, and more emerge each day. [...]
Filed under: animals, yurt stuff on April 25th, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Our Earth Day was a little bit less than perfect. We didn’t plant any trees or save any polar bears, and we’re all sick so we didn’t get any hiking in, and Zoe puked in two different parking lots which is really more of a biohazard than anything else, but we did manage to make [...]
Filed under: green stuff, kids on April 24th, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I’ve spent a lot of time at the yurt in the past few days, making it ready for life again. The yard is drying from mud to dirt, my bulbs are showing themselves one by one, and it’s close to seeding time. So once I’ve got the inside somewhat decent-looking, I’ll start on the garden. [...]
Filed under: animals, garden, yurt stuff on April 10th, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I think the yurt lives in a little bubble of the past. Everything happens late there. The tomatoes ripened late, the leaves turned late, and now the snow refuses to melt. Lucy’s not happy about this. Where it has melted, though, things are taking advantage.
Filed under: garden, kids on April 7th, 2009 | 3 Comments »
