Hi and welcome, everyone, to the last day of 2025! Welcome especially to our newest subscribers, who may have migrated over here from Kate Davies’ blog, where she kindly posted her foreword for Migraineur. If you’re new to this blog, and you’d like to know a little more about me, let me direct you to … More 2025 In Review
As expected and as usual, April was an absolute whirlwind. I’ll give you a wee taster. We celebrated four birthdays. Minimighty’s (massive Hogwarts-themed spread!): Mine (lemon cake for church): Dooner’s (Barbie themed party and cake she largely made herself): and Jared’s (angel food cake): There was much cake. As the weather warms up mid-April, the … More April 2025 Round-Up: Party Party Time
Oh dear, my ducks. Hang on to your butts. It’s been quite a couple of months. I just did not have the spoons at the end of February to round things up, and I still really don’t. But I’ll do my best to give you a sampling, because, selfishly, it’s so good for me when … More March + Feb 2025 Round-Up: Lent Downs and Ups
This January has Januaried really hard. It’s been routinely -35, and between kids staying home from school for Reasons and the heat being broken in the car for a week, I haven’t been outside much. I’ve tried to keep expectations low and compassion high, and that has mostly worked. In our own tired way, we’re … More January 2025 Roundup: Uh, it’s January
Hi folks. It’s that time again, where I take some time to look back on my making this year. As I churn through one project after another, I don’t always appreciate the time and energy I’m expending, so this benchmark ends up being a huge exercise in appreciating myself, which is another form of self-compassion. … More 2024 in Review
The end of October this year was just too busy to think about adding another task. But here it is, the Ides of November, and I have a free morning to type to you. So here’s what I’ve been up to. Weather October was the month for watching the land transform from tundra to snowcover. … More Month-and-a-Half Roundup – October and November 2024
I went to bed last night and realized, I meant to do a round-up blog! I gotta admit, having multiple avenues to express oneself is awesome, but I’m still learning the rhythm of it. Not all of y’all have subscribed to the Wool Circle, and even though it’s easier and faster in some ways to … More September 2024 Round-up: Oh yeah
We’ve been planning this sabbatical for a while now. So it seems pretty incredible that we’re actually getting on a plane on Tuesday, and that we won’t be back in the saddle of full-time, in-person ministry for four months. Right now it’s hard to look back, because we’ve been doing so much looking forward. But … More March n’ April 2024 Round-Up
I’ve been in a bit of a verbal creative block lately. I’m certainly creating a lot of stuff, but I’m having trouble wording, at least anything longer than an Instagram caption. I think when Jared left on his week-long trip in mid-March, part of my brain just compartmentalized. I need it to wake up now … More I Turned Thirty-Eight
The fall flew by. December is always so busy. Even January had enough deadline and events to buzz past. But this month, February, finally ground to a crawl. Every December, I look forward to the deep winter. January, February, and March are just less demanding. I did the math, and on a very good week … More February 2024 Round-Up: Deep Slow Winter
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