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Open Mic 2008

Our school has an “Open Mic” every spring, which is a talent show of sorts, but different from what you often find in high school talent shows. There are no auditions; no competition, no awards. Everyone that wants to perform, may perform. It’s casually eclectic—blue jeans, mohawks, t-shirts and hoodies. Sometimes even the performers dress [...]

Posted 15 March 2008 † Alarming Female § Music § Teens ‡ Comments (4) °

You can even knit with this stuff!

As much as I love just looking at, petting, and photographing my own handspun, it’s come to my attention that one can also actually knit with it, too! Imagine that! So I did. Here’s my sweet baby James playing his birthday guitar* (Epiphone John Lennon acoustic electric from Utah’s own Guitar Czar) and wearing his [...]

Posted 13 March 2008 † Alarming Female § Knitting § Spinning ‡ Comments (9) °

Lazy Lions Lounging in the Local Library

In my last post I celebrated my son’s birthday and posted a photo of him at age five. In the photo, James is wearing a favorite t-shirt; the design on this shirt is an illustration by Graeme Base from his book Animalia. If you’re unfamiliar with this picture book I encourage you to acquaint yourself. [...]

Posted 09 March 2008 † Alarming Female § Books ‡ Comments (5) °

E is for Eighteen

My baby boy is turning 18 years old. This past year I’ve found my breath catching with a tiny sob at the most mundane moments. Every event resonates with finality and a sense that an era is passing, which, of course, it is. This is James with our dog, Lily, in 1995. James is five [...]

Posted 07 March 2008 † Alarming Female § ABC-Along 2008 § Blessings § Photography ‡ Comments (11) °