“The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life and elevating them to an art” -William Morris (discovered in Tracey Clark‘s Elevate the Everyday)  

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Over the past few weeks, the fall schedule has loomed. There have been early soccer practices and changing commitments. I have edited and deleted dates, the whole time, my head spinning with worry. Too much, too little, too something. There is no doubt that we are over-scheduled. The girls want to learn, explore, practice and […]

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Yesterday, right before I left to walk the dog, I saw a post from my friend Kathleen. She had posted one of those amazing pictures of her feet next to a leaf that was shaped like a heart. I thought how lucky she was to catch that shape. As I stopped in our driveway to […]

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With the extra week of summer, this first day of school has been much anticipated by adults and children alike. Today the girls walked in to school as fifth and second graders for the first time. I was shocked, after what has been a lovely, but long summer, that I got a bit teary eyed as […]

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Every so often I dabble into the world of scrapbooking blogs. The downside of this is that I feel like a huge slacker whose children will have no recollection of their childhoods because I have done so little, by comparison, to document these childhoods. The upside is that I find all sorts of creative women […]

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“Suddenly, there is inner stillness. And within that stillness there is a subtle but intense joy, there is love, there is peace.” -Echart Tolle We found this little fellow at our local Botanical Garden, a small treasure just 30 minutes away. It is a place of stillness and whenever I am there, I am reminded […]

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I have recently discovered Chantelle of Fat Mum Slim and she recently posted a great 50 things to blog about post. The prompt that caught my eye this morning was the idea to write about an embarrassing moment. I had just recently told this story so it was in the front of my mind. Years […]

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As I walked the dog today I saw lots of leaves like this one on the ground. Leaves that still had the green of summer mixed in with the colors of fall. It is the perfect image for me this week. Due to the timing of Labor Day and Rosh Hashanah, our girls do not […]

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Last week, I was without Wi-Fi. Being without Wi-Fi and only intermittent connection on our phones for a week was tough (definitely a post for another day) but the trade off was completely worth it. My mother invited us to one of her most favorite places, Drakes Island in Maine. Before we left, people told […]

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