Thirteen: Ryan and Noah

These goofy boys have been cracking me up since they were second graders in Sicily. Ryan's family moved to the DC area this summer and needless to say there have been plenty of sleep-overs, silly songs, ridiculous memes, obnoxious dabbing, gaming, texting, puns, and even some nostalgic beyblading. There's something very special about military friendships and it makes me happy to see this one still going strong (here's a peek of them back in 2013). So hard to believe they are teenagers now. 

Our View

Lines and letters intersecting, twisting, and coming together in a collaboration between art and poetry; artist and viewers; mother and child. 

 We spent the afternoon at The Hirschhorn circumnavigating Linn Meyer's striking work, "Our View From Here".

Historical Bits and Pieces

We have been spending a lot of time immersed in the Colonial period: visiting a variety of living history parks/ national historic sites; reading journals, texts, and historical fiction; and working our way through the fabulous PBS "reality show", Colonial House. I have always been a voyeur and this recent historical immersion process has really been fascinating.

A Letter For Rosh Hashanah

Rosh Hashanah feels like it crept up on me this year, swirling in with the messiness of September and endless days of rain. It starts tomorrow night. Usually by this time, I will have stacked up a pile of holiday books, dug out our shofars, and have big bowls filled with apples as seasonal decor. But none of those things have happened yet, and they may not.