Back in the Garden

We have spent the best part of this summer in the Missouri Botanical Gardens. We have been so lucky to live in a city with so many free activities in such gorgeous surroundings. We have enjoyed many things about this beautiful spot. In our first year here (pre-Kazuo) we attended the weekly summer Jazz […]

This Moment

{this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. If you’re inspired to do the same, leave a link to your ‘moment’ in the comments for all to find and see. […]

Holiday Weekend Wanderings

Happy Fourth! Our last. For now anyway. We went to join our friends for a BBQ on the happy day – and a ceremonial reading of THE Declaration ensued. Beautiful language. Inspiring document. Pity it is not as closely adhered to in political reality as it could be… The stickiness returned this weekend, and made […]

This Moment

Walk to the Park

A favourite haunt in this hot steamy weather is Jackson Park, a 15min stroll to a playground that is often buggy, but always shaded by wonderful mature trees. On the way there, if the gates are open, Kazuo and I often wander through the B’nai Amoona Cemetery. It is so pretty… any time of year.

Unexplored Regions of the Park

Summer is with us. We are getting out and about as much as possible. The wee guy says ‘lurdle lurdle pop?’ when he wakes up most mornings – Kaz-code for playground (derived from saying ‘pop’ when he pops off the end of the slide) and we are getting to at least one, usually two different […]

All Change

So a week ago, I wanted to write and tell you about the crazy night we’d had. In fact I had so many other things going on too…bubbling up and running over…and wanted to let them all blog out of me. Then it got a little hard to get to the PC. And then I […]

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Not Eating Animals So Much…

Seventeen years ago I read this book in conjunction with a community consultation on the issues surrounding World Hunger and what we could/should be doing to make a difference: I am still inspired by Frances Moore Lappe. She prompted me to refrain from eating meat as a humanitarian choice, not for health or animal rights […]

Springing Along

Once again we have been struck down. Sigh. This is the fourth illness for me in the past three months…too too much if you ask me, but we are bearing up. This time we all have ghastly, congestive colds that are pretty much slowing us all down, one at a time. Has kept me off […]