Videos
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Resilience
This week, our island has been mourning the untimely loss of a beloved partner, father, and community member. Tonight, Nantucket joined together to honor him; though I did not really know him or his family and did not attend, I have thought of him often since hearing the news Monday. Tonight, Nora and I visited…
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Film Friday: Hide’n’Seek
in Film FridayRight now, one of little miss Nora’s favorite games is hide’n’seek. She would probably play for an hour if she had a willing companion. She loves running through the house mimicking what we do, shouting, “Ready or not, here I come!” and asking, “Is she in the vacuum? …No,” as she looks for me; her joy at being…
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Saturday Surfing
Finds of the Week: Are You An Adult? Or, Saturday Morning at 9:26am, Amid Privilege — What does it mean to be an adult? Eight Ways Monsanto Fails at Sustainable Agriculture, Union of Concerned Scientists — New Union of Concerned Scientist’s site on how Monsanto has failed to live up to its promises The Hunger Blogs, Huffington…
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Film Friday: Celebrating Nora’s Birthday
in Film FridayGoing back in time again as I try to catch up with all my old videos. This one is our birthday fun for Nora. Both Chris and I agree that our favorite things to celebrate will always be our children’s birthdays. Forget my birthday, forget Christmas, even Thanksgiving (which I love) — the two most…
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Film Friday: This January
in Film FridayIf you enjoyed the music, go check out Lee Coulter’s Website. I just discovered his music and love it.
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Film Friday: 2011 Part Three
in Film FridayJuly and August, more of our adorable friend Mr. T, plus excitement over new skills. How excited I was that night Nora surprised me with the ABCs in the bathtub!
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Film Friday: “That”
When I was editing the videos for last week’s film, I was struck by how much Nora’s speech and communication has changed from last year. Now she talks in full sentences, knows more words than I can count, and is understood by pretty much everyone; then she was using just single words (which were mostly understood…
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Film Friday
in Film FridayThere’s going to be two films from my April through June videos, because I couldn’t cut it all down! Making this one was bittersweet, it’s much fun to be reminded of Nora’s development and early toddler-hood, but seeing all the videos of Mr. T reminded me of how much I miss having him around and how…
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Saturday Surfing
Finds of The Week Posie Gets Cozy — I discovered this blog somewhat recently, and I love it. The pictures are gorgeous (something to aspire to) and look at the birthday cake she made herself! A Recipe for Simplifying Life: Ditch All the Recipes, NY Times Well blog — “Anybody who grew up with a…
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Film Friday: Life in 2011, Part One
in Film FridayThank you for all the well wishes we received for Nora, especially on Facebook after I posted about this morning’s other scary first — her first bloody nose. I’m happy to report that, besides that incredibly frantic wake up, today was a much better day. Nora is still coughing, but is mostly back to her…
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Stroll
Yesterday was Stroll on Nantucket, the last really big weekend for tourists before things quiet down for the winter. Last year, Nora napped through most of the day and only woke up in just enough time for me to force her to sit on Santa’s lap — something she was not thrilled about — so this…
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Report Card + 30 Days of Thanks
I have a new Sunday routine, starting with going to bed early Saturday night (around 10:00) and then getting up early Sunday to go to yoga. This morning, I hauled my bike out of the basement since we’re experimenting with not using the car, and biked to the studio. I felt stiff and achy on the way…
