Wordless: Nap
Barn Cat, Malabar Farm State Park, Lucas, Ohio, May 2015.

Barn Cat, Malabar Farm State Park, Lucas, Ohio, May 2015.
Nearly six years ago, my daughter watched intently as the woman I’d hired stood at my kitchen counter and washed, dehydrated, and encapsulated my placenta. Today I planted the remaining capsules … Continue reading Waste Not, Want Not
Green, Ohio, May 2015.
Well, that’s odd. It’s the first of the month, and I totally forgot about Bookends. I’m betting it’s because I’m totally consumed by this graduate course I’m taking and have put most all … Continue reading Bookends: May 2015
When the music started, I rose with the rest of the congregation, but I didn’t look towards the doors at the back of the church. I kept my eyes on … Continue reading Love and Marriage
The ten years between age eighteen to twenty-eight—the beginning of undergrad to the birth of my first child—were marked by my profound arrogance. This arrogance wasn’t there when I was seventeen. … Continue reading Bold Humility
Green, Ohio, May 2015.
Akron, Ohio, May 2, 2015.
Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio, May 2015.
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Foods I ate while reading The Hunger Games: -popcorn (popped in coconut oil and seasoned with vegan butter and brewer’s yeast) -a bowl of … Continue reading The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
They look like cherries, but I don’t trust them. Massachusetts, April 2015.
“Mom, did you say eighty thousand people died in one moment?” asked my daughter. This afternoon, my children and I sat under the Tree of Knowledge, and they accepted with trust the apple … Continue reading Pandora’s Homeschool