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Five

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Well, as many of you likely already know, our little baby Echo turned 5 this passed week. I just can’t figure out how I could have been watching her everyday so intensely, and practicing mindful presence in so many of … Continue reading

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Exceptional Elders and Stellar Celebrations

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As you may remember from the last couple posts, beginning right before Thanksgiving we spent four weeks enjoying a nearly continuous train of our menagerie of grandparents. In fact, we enjoyed visits from (at least a representative from) every one … Continue reading

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Something for Everyone

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What a whirlwind just living can be sometimes, huh? Since last I posted, I have been through such an interesting, pivotal, and delicious time that I could spend a couple thousand words just filling you in. But I’m not going to do … Continue reading

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The Middle One is 8!(!?)

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(Blink) WHOOOOOOOOSH That’s how fast the years seemed to have gone by. In fact, wasn’t I just yesterday writing the Seven post — now I am writing the 8th birthday post?! How does this time thing work anyway? One day, one … Continue reading

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Once Around the (Long and Winding) Loop…

I sit in a silver Dodge Grand Caravan with a recently detailed interior just barely tarnished by the last few days of kids’ sandy feet and sticky fingers, wheat-colored dog hair tailings, lotion consistency mishaps, and the occasional water or … Continue reading

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On the Road Again…

As some of you, no doubt, already know from Natalie’s blog, the McTague family has launched itself on a good ole fashioned, classically Americana-styled, road trip vacation. Monday morning we set out across the wild-green, river-swollen wilderness of Montana and … Continue reading

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Four!

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It’s true. Our littlest little bird is actually four now… (?!)  I heard her playing alone in the loft this morning, with all the fanfare and celebration of her birthday passed, and she stopped at one point and mentioned to … Continue reading

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Let the Fun Begin!

This girl. When she comes in, the contours of the room bulge outward under the weight of her gigantic presence. When they know she’s coming for the weekend, or when it’s coming to the end of any length of time since they … Continue reading

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Happy Earlster!

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We had an especially delicious time in the McTague household this past weekend. There was the usual fare of going to our favorite café, innumerable scooter trips around the block, playing with friends, fussing over the minute to minute needs … Continue reading

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Bon Yule!

Happy Solstice, and Felicitous Yule Tidings to All. We lit our little beeswax welcoming candle for the sun, lighting the way through these darkest nights. Now our days are getting longer again. And the sun is on its way back … Continue reading

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The Big 1 0

Here she is folks. The new double digit daughter. We celebrated Bella’s birthday this week as our early-onset, month-long Yule celebration rolls on. And perhaps taking some cues from her slightly younger sister, Bella decided she was interested in a … Continue reading

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Speaking of Candles…

We celebrated the last night of Hanukah yesterday and already I am missing the nightly time spent with the season’s center piece — the menorah. We aren’t Jewish and we aren’t waxing religious, but the evening candle-lighting ceremony has come … Continue reading

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How About… Hibernating?

Today when I got up, I looked out the window. As far as I could see, there was nothing but white in the world. As I manually shifted focus and tried to find something to differentiate itself from anything else … Continue reading

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El Dia de los Muertos

Yesterday, as you may know, was Day of the Dead (a.k.a. All Souls’ Day) and in the town where we live, the holiday has been adopted by the community and turned into the liveliest celebration we have all year. It … Continue reading

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Thank Goodness for Cold Hell

My partner Natalie had to get some pre-winter cold disgruntlement out of her system today. She’s is feeling bummed about the place where winter and autumn moosch together, and the long season of puffy coats that lies ahead of us. … Continue reading

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