No idea who these people are; spotted them on a random day at Stinson Beach. And while it was cool watching them, the really neat part was turning around, and watching all the other adults on the beach breaking into goofy, happy smiles, watching them as they strolled by.
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August 30 2010
I’m Not Afraid
Aurora has grown up around our dog, Kaia. Kaia scares strangers, because she looks all feral and wolfy, despite the fact that she’s an elderly marshmallow with fur, and pretty much incapable of aggression to humans. In her nearly 14 years of life, I’ve only ever heard her growl at a person three times. She [...]
August 29 2010
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-29
New post:: Global Warming Is A Hoax http://theexcellentadventure.com/ea/2010/08/23/global-warming-is-a-hoax/ # Today? We're taking it easy, sorting legos, and eating gorgeous organic watermelon the farmer picked for us himself. #notbacktoschool # @AI_AGW LOL. Didja actually click on my link, or just react to the title? in reply to AI_AGW # RT @SCKayaks: Speed record smashed. Tweeked the [...]
August 28 2010
Milk and Love 4 — Update
Haleema, Aurora and Kestrel’s milk sibling, is growing up. Just like they are. It’s kind of odd to contemplate; even though Haleema is older than Aurora, in my brain, she’s still that baby. This is sort of a double gutpunch. I just posted about freaking out about Aurora growing up, and this just makes it [...]
August 26 2010
For the Midwives — Attunement
This beautiful piece was forwarded to me by the amazing Val. It was written by a friend of hers, Frankie Condon. I hope you enjoy it. Mostly I don’t get nostalgic. Maybe it’s that I have enough not-so-nice memories of times past that I’d rather poke holes in myself with a pickle fork than go [...]
August 24 2010
Inoculated Against Cruelty
One of the good news/bad news things about living on a boat is that you’re really close to your neighbors. Often, this is cause for happy. Sometimes, not so much. I was sitting on the stern of my boat, chatting with two of my neighbors from another dock, when the two little girls (9 and [...]
August 22 2010
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-22
The latest musing: : Unschooling Nurture –… http://theexcellentadventure.com/elementalmom/2010/08/unschooling-nurture-a-progress-report/ # New blog post: Kayak Maintenance http://theexcellentadventure.com/ea/2010/08/17/kayak-maintenance/ #kayaks # The latest musing: : Tribute to TAE http://theexcellentadventure.com/elementalmom/2010/08/tribute-to-tae/ # New blog post: How Blue is Your Hurricane? http://theexcellentadventure.com/ea/2010/08/19/how-blue-is-your-hurricane/ # New blog post: Scent of the Sea http://theexcellentadventure.com/ea/2010/08/21/scent-of-the-sea/ # A husband who I still want to kiss after we've [...]
August 22 2010
What He Makes With the Legos — Habitat
This creation blew me away. He spent two days on it — days he was supposed to be sorting the rest of the legos, but apparently, it was far too fascinating to build with them instead. There’s an insane amount of detail going on here. He’s arranged the areas in the habitat by theme. It’s [...]
August 20 2010
Shorter Years
Today, I packed up all the diapers, to send them to my sister in law Ria, and her new baby Arianna. Aurora has been accident-free for ages now, and last week, decided that it was time for big girl panties. In fact, when we went to the beach and she got damp, necessitating a change [...]
August 18 2010
Tribute to TAE
If you’ve never read The Automatic Earth, please, go now. In this time of, frankly, economic insanity, Stoneleigh and Ilargi dispense hard wisdom. I find their stuff hard to plow through; economics is not my field. But plow through it, I think, we all must. I stumbled on this video, a tribute to them, and [...]
August 16 2010
Unschooling Nurture — A Progress Report
So yesterday, a friend of mine and I took my kids out for ice cream. There was a family there, mom, dad, brand new (I’m guessing 4 months or less), in a baby bucket. Midway through our eating, the baby starts crying. Instantly, all three of my kids start squirming uncomfortably. Aurora kept looking at [...]
August 15 2010
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-15
I am tired. And I will crank out another 1000 words if it kills me. #amwriting # New blog post: Sails for Sustainability http://theexcellentadventure.com/ea/2010/08/09/sails-for-sustainability/ # Every other thing, besides keeping the kids fed and happy, is shoved to the back until I finish…the…damn…book!!! ARRRRGH! #amwriting # Reading an awesome paper on VBAC after Inverted T [...]
August 12 2010
Sorting Legos
Remember those six crates of legos that Steven brought Rowan for his birthday? Remember the plan for sleeping on them? Not so much. After a great deal of discussion, not a little of it in the form of parental profanity when yet another piece got stepped on, we decided that a massive sorting effort was [...]
August 10 2010
Berkeley Opera’s “Legend of the Ring”
…was fabulous. I was introduced to Berkeley Opera back in February, through the auspices of my friend Jennie, and her dad Jeremy Knight, who does set design for them. As I’ve mentioned before, I really dig the idea of minimalist sets. They open up avenues of creativity I wouldn’t have expected… or, Jeremy does, I’m [...]
