It seems to happen every near turn of summer to fall, this belly burn I get to sew stuff for my family. Maybe it's the summer-ragged our clothes have become or maybe it's the cooler …
Andy is home and the whole absence makes the heart grow fonder bit rings true here. He got home super late on Saturday night/Sunday morning all mountain man sun-kissed, river-tumbled. We stayed up even later …
We caravanned back to Missoula yesterday and had a big ol' meal in the backyard last night. And then we had to say goodbye to our family, my least favorite part of the last 10 …
Margot: Mama, right? It is amazing that there is, like, so so much life in the soil.Me: I think so.Ruby: Oh, hi little wormy! Hi honey. I got you. You want to go nigh night? …
After a rainy and chilly end of spring in Montana, it seems summer really did come with the solstice.I wrote about Margot and her bike in this week's mama digs: training wheels. About her beautifully strong …
Our shower was full of construction gear so we had to haul the shower curtain and washing accoutrements into the basement apartment. There was only time for one of us to shower, the other had …
WE ARE IN our house! And even though we aren't *supposed* to be living in here, I am more than I'm not. Andy tells me all the time about homeowners who prematurely move into spaces …
We returned last night from our (mostly) annual Memorial Day road trip to Red Lodge, a small town in south central Montana where my husband was born and raised and where we met, awkward middle …
Do you remember your first memory? I have so many vivid memories from my early childhood and I wonder what is real and what is hopefully imagined. One of my favorites is when my mom …
Two girlfriends and I hopped on a last-minute opportunity to stay in a friend of a friend's condo a few hours north, in Whitefish. I am always amazed at how much stuff it takes to …
After a few days of warmth, sun and leaping bulbs, the weather reminded us that it isn't even spring yet.The last few days have been cold and rainy-snowy. I am so a four-season girl but …
Funny how I thought a smaller living space would free up time to do stuff like write, sew, organize, plan. Seems the opposite is true for it is a NEW space and ideas and projects …
