by becca | Jun 1, 2011 | Family
Dear Sue, How you are missed You were like a mama to many of us with your soft guiding hand With your wisdom you lit a path, so that we could see what was already there With such a gentle way,...
by becca | May 7, 2011 | Family, Festivals, Parenting
May flower crowns in plaited hair, the young girls watched admiringly as the older children danced around the May Pole. Ribbons of pink, blue and yellow being woven around the pole ever so skillfully as the warm May sun shone overhead, finally warming our shoulders....
by becca | Apr 24, 2011 | Family, Holiday, Uncategorized
A tulip unfolds it’s petals The grass is sprinkled with dew We watch with hopeful eyes as sprouts push their way up through the cool earth Where does spring find its courage? Where trees...
by becca | Mar 2, 2011 | Art, Family, Parenting
As I sat down to paint with my three year old the other day, a great shift had taken place in her sensibility. Circles, lines and shapes were appearing, where only scribbles existed last week. Seemingly effortlessly, her hand would create groupings of abstract shapes...
by becca | Dec 20, 2010 | Family
Raul was the kind of spirit who would light up the room, light up the world. His love was actual and pure. His beauty infectious. His embrace came with an ease we are unlikely to see from any other. His creativity spun a thousand webs. With his passing we are left...
by becca | Nov 25, 2010 | Family, Festivals
Saint Martin is known most for cutting his cloak in half to share with a beggar during a snowstorm, to save the beggar from dying of the cold. In many countries, St. Martin’s Day or Martinmas celebrations begin at the eleventh minute of the eleventh hour of this...
