tendrils and taproots

In New England this is "stick season" where everything is laid bare and we wait for the dark of winter to settle. It's a seaso...

Feeling heartbroken, hopeless, worried, voiceless this morning. And also so grateful. So aware of the sheltered privilege of my life. Gr...

The quote says I am the result of the love of thousands, but today I am only thinking of one. My grandmother was a varied and contradict...

Sometimes the days feel so heavy. Thick. I imagine waking up in the morning and slicing through the hours to come with grace and ease. Antic...

Harper Rose Allen was born on Saturday November 30th, 2013 at home in the water. *** My pregnancy with Harper was textbook and relative...

I just had a moment. In the midst of the chaos and upheaval that is two small children in an old house mid-renovation I had a moment; when t...

The exhaustion comes in waves. Baby didn't sleep well. I didn't sleep well. That's nothing new. I never have been a good sleeper...