Every Day is WDsD
My Facebook feed has been blowing up over the past 24 hours with all kinds of videos, images and well wishes from our community. It started last night with a video from a family that has been walking alongside us – then a text message from the principal of Julia’s school telling all of the […]
Christmas Greetings from the Farm
It’s Christmas Eve at the farm on Willow Road. We’ve had some unseasonably warm weather here over the last few days with a lot of rain and mist on the fields – fallow except for those planted with winter wheat. We saw our neighbor Jim Laramie earlier, who stopped by with the most amazing homemade […]
Christmas Greetings from the Farm
It’s Christmas Eve at the farm on Willow Road. The temperature barely got above 20 degrees today, but a strong sun melted off the dusting of snow we got last night and its reflection off the white and fallow fields made it hard to look outside today. But now the light has mellowed and the […]
Julia’s Walker
After months of trying (unsuccessfully) to get our daughter Julia to use her walker, she finally decided. And her world opened up and has never been the same. There is so much she is discovering now that she is mobile on her own. We decided to take her out to the family farm over Labor […]
Christmas Greetings from the Farm
It’s Christmas Eve at the farm on Willow Road. The house has long fallen asleep as I atone for my procrastination. I had every good intention to bang out this annual greeting in the light of day; but one marvelous distraction after another intervened. Visits with family and neighbors, eating way too much, quiet meadow […]
Pumpkin Fun!
Just so I’m not all serious all the time on this blog, I wanted to share the fun we had last Sunday looking for a pumpkin. Julia had a blast messing with these massive orange things in the dirt! I love watching the wonder unfold in her eyes now that she’s well along the way […]
She Picked Me and She Picked Us
I’m taking a moment to celebrate today, and it’s an easy one to remember. It’s the day that two lives were completely and permanently woven into mine. It’s the day that life would (twice!) never be the same. Four years ago tonight, I was a new husband. A year prior, I had basically surrendered to […]
Jody & Dani’s Clan
Spent some time this summer (in an old Pontiac cemetery of all places!) with Jodi and Dani to capture their family and their special new addition – Eli.
Scenes From a Coffee Shop
Not long ago, I decided to take a Monday away from the office and work remotely at my favorite coffee shop in town. Time away like that is surprisingly productive – especially with the crush of distractions and interruptions that can come at the office. As I was burning through the mountains of correspondence, a […]
Heart Day’s Eve
I rocked my little girl to sleep tonight. I know that’s not such a news flash. In fact, it’s pretty routine around our house. Even though all the experts say you shouldn’t let your baby fall asleep in your arms, but lay them down while they’re still awake so they can self soothe and all […]