Oh how I wish it was OK for me to bring the camera with me to Atti’s therapy and take pictures of the other kids. Oh how I wish I could introduce you all to this little cohort of boys Atti gets to hang out with as they all get stretched and pulled and taught […]
[Continue reading...]And the winners are…
November 17, 2010
Random Number Generator said comments # 3 and #8, which means that goes to TopHat and goes to Lynn Osborne Congratulations! Email me at tresa at reesedixon dot com with your addresses and I’ll send these on out to you.
[Continue reading...]2010 Year of Pleasures #45
November 16, 2010
I love ice cream, but usually only for a few bites at a time. I’m a fickle ice cream lover, and by the time it starts to melt I’m often done with it anyway. When I was spoiling myself in Salt Lake over the summer, I came across this ice cream in a 7-11 and […]
[Continue reading...]Letterpress Extravaganza
November 15, 2010
Last year sometime I bought this gorgeous print off of Etsy, and then was bummed out for months when I discovered that it got lost in the move. I so vividly remember carefully packing it in a folder, making sure that it wouldn’t get wrinkled or dented, and packing it away with the books, but […]
[Continue reading...]Manly lampshades
November 12, 2010
I had planned on putting a lot of energy into decorating our bedroom this year, but the move completely upended those plans. Not only because of how it occupied my time and energy, but also for how it sucked up our money. I can’t build the bedframe I plan on until I get the right […]
[Continue reading...]2010 Year of Pleasures #44
November 11, 2010
Getting back from Boston was a little bit of an ordeal. There were a whole bunch of rain delays and canceled flights, but I ended up lucking into a replacement flight that went all the way from Boston to Oakland, so I didn’t have to worry about the dreaded missed connection. The catch was that […]
[Continue reading...]Healing the World
November 10, 2010
I’m sad this picture came out blurry, but if winter light is hard, Boston winter light is the hardest, and I’m just grateful I have a record of meeting my new Sister, Lina. Lina is Ugandan and a tireless, heroic, advocate for peace and security and opportunities for women. Her country has been tortured by […]
[Continue reading...]A weekend in Boston
November 9, 2010
I’ll write more about the reason tomorrow, but I unexpectedly found myself in Boston over a long weekend. It was fabulous and exhausting and really really thrilling because the work I have ahead of me is going to be so rewarding, but before I launched into a discussion of this new exciting endeavor, I wanted […]
[Continue reading...]Kitty Photobomb
November 5, 2010
Downloading movies off the video camera I came across this oldie but goodie. Sometimes the kitties want a little attention too.
[Continue reading...]Ham with Blackberry Chipotle glaze
November 4, 2010
Now that fall is upon us, I’m breaking into all those canned goods I put up throughout the summer and rejoicing in my hard work. After an adventure picking blackberries, and not finding very many great recipes for canning blackberries, I decided to get a little adventurous and come up with my own. I love […]
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