Echobaby

I have my new phone and the boys have taken it over to chat to Siri.  It had lots of trouble understanding me - perhaps its the accent or th...

Frost started his schooling at an alternative school which emphasized math creativity and understanding.  Kids sorted marbles into bottles r...

Its mushroom season in Seattle.  The season when I forage wild mushrooms for the pot, identify them and do botanical illustrations.  The sea...

We are dealing with sibling-adoration issues  Wren (4) adores Frost (10) and believes that Frost's playdates are an open invitation for ...

This in the email today: Dear   BEEZLE , How are you? We just wanted to remind you that you are due for your following: ...

This evening Wren asked me why we gave him such a boring name.  He said wanted "a cool name" instead.  "We called you Wren ...

So the yeast relationship is developing well.  Yesterday, I produced my first wild-yeast sourdough bread after 14 hours of courting.  There ...

You know how us mothers always do things for the kids?  Well, its screwing with my mind.  I am starting to have flashbacks of singlehood in ...

I doubt I'll ever catch up on the backlog of memories I hoped to impart via the blog.  I have the walks in the woods with Dad, our campi...

Thanks to one of Josh's colleagues, we booked Dad in to play a round of golf at Chambers Bay in Tacoma.  For those not in golfing circl...