O world of spring and autumn, birth and dying! The endless cycle of idea and action, Endless invention, endless experiment, Brings knowledge of motion, but not of stillness; Knowledge of speech, but not of silence; Knowledge of words, and ignorance of the Word. All our knowledge brings us nearer to our ignorance, All our ignorance…

Whew, after six weeks away, we’re back! I had intended to blog while I was away, but our internet went down shortly after we left, and therefore so did our home server/blog. As a result I have six weeks to document. Ugh! I’ll get to that tomorrow- in the meantime, Happy New Year! 

When a Groupon offered an $80 haircut for $30 I couldn’t pass it up. It’s been more than six months since my last cut and it was certainly time. I decided to go for a big change- why else spend that kind of money?  Here are the results: 6 inches later- The new do definitely…

I’ve already started down the alley of “I’m going to miss this when we move. . .” Lately, I’ve been thinking about how I adore our library system. Today I came across two new published vegetarian cookbooks that were being featured online. Interested, I requested both from our public library, in a week or so…

I’ve signed up and handed over a pile of banknotes. It’s legit- I’m running the Cincinnati Half Marathon! 

Tonight, Tom brought home Indian take-out. It felt so luxurious. We have take-out about once a quarter, and every time I’m overwhelmed by how wonderful the concept is! The kitchen that I had thoroughly cleaned, stayed clean. We spent more time eating and chatting because there was no prep or clean up. The meal: malai…

This morning reading Mosiah 4:16-23 I thought of the Romney-Ryan campaign and of my passionate Republican friends and family and wondered how they read these verses? My Catholic friend Claire and I were talking about the new Mormon-Catholic Presidentional bid, she said “Not that his budget plan is very Catholic” and I replied “Nor is Romney’s…

Life is so much better when I do yoga everyday. Why is it so hard to stay consistent? 

Despite the summer heat Scotter wanted to wear his hiking shoes today Next week we’re going camping and I can’t wait! I’m all excited for our first TRUE family camping trip. Both Tom and I camped a bunch growing up. Some of my fondest family memories were made in the mountains of Washington, alongside a…

William Morris famously said, “Have nothing in your home that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.”