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My life is never boring. The week began with rallying kiddos to adopt some garden beds and plant pollinator-friendly flowers. Before / After: I did pick up a nail in a tire that day. I usually take Patco commuter rail to/from work, but for special projects (like purchasing pollinator plants at a local nursery and… Continue reading Minus One Car, Plus One Baby
I've been stuck trying to write an intro to this, because it would need so many caveats. I guess I'll make them a footnote?* Zoom into my small existence and I just love my little family. I love my baby! Six months is a fun age! Homemade South Jersey blueberry puree I talk a lot… Continue reading send no flowers, the visions never stop
First cherry blossoms of the year spotted in Collingswood, NJ Early in my postpartum life I joked that I was making a list of songs that made me cry, out of love and overbrimming emotion, while singing to my baby. But let's get real: It's all of them, at one time or another. That said,… Continue reading But green is the color of spring!
I am 18 days away from my due date, and according to doctors my baby is head-down, getting ready for birth. We're healthy! I'd like to tell every smug weirdo who has ever been unpleasant about my 20-year vegetarianism that my blood pressure has consistently been 120-over-80 for this pregnancy, but actually, I don't care… Continue reading Last Chance Before Life Change
It feels like I've been in survival mode since the end of June. The heatwaves keep coming. This week, Hurricane Debby rolled over us, so temperatures were actually in the 70s. It's just that it stayed humid and the wind was so intense it gave me sinus migraines, blew down trees, and was disruptive overall.… Continue reading 2 Hot 2 Cloistered