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Adventure Mom April 20, 2019

Where You Begin, Again

Forget the flowers- write about fears, and all else your heart runs from. May is…

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Adventure Mom April 16, 2019

Mothering Bees- quilt boxes convert traditional hives

Our bees housed in Langstroth hives died in winter when we lived in Central Oregon…

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Adventure Mom February 13, 2019

Good-bye REI

It just so happens I gave my notice at REI this week, just ahead of…

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Motherhood May 14, 2018

Ode to an Other Mother

Sons #2 & 3 just left to return home to Portland and Seattle. #3 was…

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Childhood May 11, 2018

Growing Pains

Mothering is difficult. And then it gets better. Here’s poetic evidence for Mother’s Day: Yesterday…

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Memoir May 10, 2018

Of Winning with Daughters

You might remember that daughter #2 won the Central Oregon Writers Guild poetry award last…

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Writing May 8, 2018

What it Means to Dream

Dream is a multi-faceted word that takes us from sleeping to the most wide awake…

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Marriage May 7, 2018

Whose Pants Are Those?

My friend thinks I wear the ‘pants’ in my family, but she says it’s okay…

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Motherhood May 4, 2018

Self-Regulating Children

Isn’t that the dream? Children who just do what they need to do when it…

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Adventure Mom May 3, 2018

Impostor Mom

Do you ever feel like you’re making it up as you go? On a good…

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Motherhood May 3, 2018

Journal for Your Child

After I wrote The Power of Journaling I got this response (see http://www.motivation.com/posts/48/the-power-of-the-journal) Hi Lori, I…

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Adventure Mom May 1, 2018

May Day- another birthday

Two years ago today I wrote: My youngest turned 9 today. Halfway to 18… all…

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Writing April 30, 2018

Where You Begin

May is Motherhood Memoir Month–You don’t have to be a mother to write motherhood: it’s…

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Writing April 27, 2018

How This Began

I’ve done NaNoWriMo for several years- I was introduced to it by my sons in…

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Adventure Mom December 3, 2017

Help for Lighting the Christmas Tree

Putting lights on the Christmas tree has been the seasonal job I detest most. It…

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