Rituals.
I love the crown of your head holding your thoughts regal. I love your eyes. May you see. really see through your day. I love your nose....
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Yesterday I had breakfast with a couple of people who have been sleeping in the doorway at work. It was a warmer morning and not wet yet,...
Squirm
"Robyn, are you ready for more penis and vagina talk?" Why hello Wednesday morning. Let's do this. On Saturday, Justin and I attended...
I don't know.
Long ago, Dave and I lived in Japan where he was a pretty great teacher and I was a mediocre teacher at best. This is not self...
The Girl with the Aqua Toque
"Mommy, put this picture up on Instagram and add #toqueforlife." This did it. Finally, the black cloud lifted and I can get back to my...
The Brain on Mountain Bike Monday
On most Mondays, there is a beautiful sliver of time between school drop-offs and pick-ups. This sliver of magic is my weekly holiday...
Gap Work
We have a customer at the shop named Speedy. Even if you don't get the opportunity to be formally introduced, you can glean his name from...
It's right in front of you. Like, really in front.
Do you remember learning about perspective as a child? In second or third grade, we did an art project in which we created the illusion...
Blind Spots
We have a new bridge in town. I have an unnatural appreciation for this bridge--its gorgeous taco shape with sinewy arches and...
Easy tiger.
My brain may or may not have exploded this morning. A sentiment common to most adults with children. Day two of a bad cold. Earache, sore...
All the wrong words.
Today Justin and I will be designing a poster on tolerance and equality. We’re in the home stretch of the school year, but we have one...
Go ahead, smell it.
We have a game in our house that is less than fun. It’s called Find the Pee. Obviously not a glamorous past time this game of ours, but a...
Caution: construction zone. Hardhats, please.
“Mommy, when I learn, I don’t always know specifically what I learn. I just know that I am now different from who I was when I woke up in...
It's cool. I'm good.
“You should probably try a little harder.” This is what I said to myself twice yesterday. Justin and I decided to do the Oregon Gravel...
We be pedaling.
“We are not going to be old and just watch TV.” Today, I grabbed our toolbox and headed over to Bill and Nancy’s home to do a tune-up on...
Inside | Outside
“I have a plan.” “What’s your plan?” Justin always has a plan. Or wants to make a plan. Or wants to talk about making a plan to make a...
26 Miles
I ran a marathon last year. Well, “run” is probably a stretch of the word. It was more like the slowest slog (aka slow half barely...
Intent
I have always loved bikes. The way the click, click, click into the next gear makes me go faster. The freedom gained by distance; the...
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