A Mindful Life

Claire’s still a little young to understand Halloween, hence the lack of a fancy costume this year. Among the many animals she likes is the owl, so she was happy to wear this outfit. We went to Westgate Mall where the majority of stores participated in trick-or-treating. The place was hopping! Next year we may [...]

This has been a busy week, in part because we welcomed a new little person into the world. Our friends, M&K, gave birth to a beautiful daughter on Tuesday, October 28. (M&K are Claire’s godparents/emergency backup parents.) Because I don’t know how public they want this information to be, I withhold particulars at this time. [...]

Besides playing with my lovely amazing daughter every day, I do other stuff too, such as clean the very gunky oven and making the whole stove sparkle like new. Here is evidence of my efforts:

I committed to doing Art Every Day Month in November. However, I’ve no idea what I’ll do, or if I’ll [...]

Via The Daily Kos, a video for North Carolina voters.
Your neighbors are voting. You’re not. That could be a problem.

Here’s a link to the video as well.

Claire understands more every day and demonstrates it in many ways. Here are some examples.

The other day we were getting ready to leave, and I was searching for her sippy cup. As I looked around I said, “Where’s your cup? We need it to go bye-bye.” I continued to scan the living room muttering that [...]

What a gorgeous morning. We went to a pumpkin patch (we arrived by 9:30 before the hordes of families) and I got some vibrant shots, like this one:

These days I make notes on paper of cute things Claire does, and whenever I get to sit at the computer to write, it’s at the opposite end of the house. So the list keeps growing.
To relax these days, I’m not reading, or knitting, or doing anything creative. I have been sucked into episodes of [...]

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But it’s late, I need a shower, and I have more to say than I have time or energy. I want to write and I’m making notes for a big brain dump. For now, let the fact that every day is full and (mostly) fun and this photo suffice.

At a playground

Claire picked the crayon colors herself. It was fun to watch her expression as she realized that she was making the marks on the paper.