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I live a very full life. There's a lot of people, a lot of noise, a lot of parts moving, wiggling, spinning and sometimes tumbling.

Sometimes, if I don't catch myself, I start to conflate fullness with messiness. But it isn't a mess- it's just... a

I don't know why I think it is my personal responsibility to try to convince/reassure all the mothers anxiously watching their child grow that the teen years can be an absolute joy- a freaking delight- but I do.

Seriously, there's so much goodness a

Tomorrow five women will come from across the country to my weird little bit of beach on the Chesapeake to make connect and create and take some deep breathes and make a whole bunch of pictures together.

There will be piles of books, good food, beac

Doing my best to give summer a proper good bye so I can welcome fall with open arms.

I keep acting like every day is my last pool day, but today could be for real 😩

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If you're in the DMV, I have a couple of weekend openings (October 4th in Fred

Today I will put no less than twenty dirty bowls, plates or glasses in the dishwasher.
I will work on addition with first graders.
I will say "do you have make that sound?" And "where are your shoes?"
I will get 1-2 texts from @

I'm pretty sure I've used this audio before but honestly, I feel like I could use it every time. Last night I saw Sierra Ferrel in DC and this song made me cry (I think I'm in a crying era- for better or worse)

I'm not the most sentimental person, w

This summer took me to a lot of places and I got to make work with so many people who I already loved or came to love.

It's hard not to love when we pay attention, isn't it?

I'm back home to spend the next few months making closer to home- I'll be

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