by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Nov 1, 2014 | Standing In The Shadows
This is the true order of how things happened: I’d been meaning and wanting to make a batch, even a small one, of peach jam. It was a missing link in my jamming season. But then… you know, I just couldn’t quite put together peaches, lemon or lime,...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Nov 21, 2014 | Standing In The Shadows
October didn’t rush by. I haven’t been here on this blog, either. It’s been less writer-focused, more a time to attend to the rush of things that call for me to show up. Like the carpool—I have shown up for carpool. People who know me in the...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Nov 27, 2014 | Standing In The Shadows
I had for a long while a habit of three things to tell you about along with a statement of three good things, because gratitude is a skill and when cultivated, I believe works to our advantage. Plus, there’s really so much that’s good, even sometimes when...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Dec 22, 2014 | Standing In The Shadows
Tree branches’ twists Warmth earned ascending hills on foot Feet Fierce sunsets Family silky and sticky as spider webs Bedrock friends First grader with nose in books Sixth grader’s photographs Yoyo tricks Teenager’s “Meh”...
