We’re doing family Thanksgiving on Saturday, but I wanted to run up to the cabin today to hang out with my brother – it’s my 1st Thanksgiving home in probably 17 years, and his first without his babies since they were born. So. We trekked in with a big pot of chili and cornbread, sat [...]

After a long rambling drive to run errands, a stop in cozy hippie bookshop/cafe, and a mountain pass that still had drifts of snow, I finally stopped by Clementine today, a sweet little shop in Middlebury Vermont. The shop owner Emily came by with her cute cute baby (aaahhh the baby clock!) & it was [...]

Wake up, wake up! That’s Sean hiding from the very idea of snow, while I run outside immediately. I love it so much, seeing the world frosted makes everything ok, magical. I’m ready to skip Halloween and go straight on to the holidays. Of course, this will all melt by tomorrow. But today, I’m cozying [...]

We split and stacked wood at the little cabin, drank hot cider from tin mugs, burned brush in a bonfire, and stomped through the stream.

It’s turned cold here & fall has truly set in. I find myself questioning my sanity at moving from reasonably warm Northern California to this rainy, bone chilling world, but I’m hoping acclimation kicks in and the trade off of hot cider and cozy sweaters is worth it. We spent a rainy day yesterday with [...]

Slowly, slowly. Between family times and the commute to work and a brutal cold we’ve been trying to beat, the last month (we’ve been here a month!!) has flown by. I’m still feeling foggy and strange, not as sharp as I’d like. I think it’s the general disorientation of moving 3000 miles to a whole [...]

It’s only been a week that we’ve been here, which seems strange and surreal. Thank you all so much for your welcoming comments & concern for VT. The roads are opening up again, people are cleaning up. We know a few people who lost their entire homes – heartbreaking and counting our blessings even more [...]

Hi all – we’re here and safe, but if you don’t know about the extensive damage and flooding in Vermont from Irene, please check it out. It’s heartbreaking to have been home less than 24 hours before my hometown was flooded, major damage done to 100+ year old landmark bridges, the roads we drove in [...]

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You’d think magic would be easy to find in these woods, but it’s proving harder than I thought. With so much going on, I was only able to snatch a few moments of hammock peace times. Good energy welcome. I’ll be back soon.