by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Jun 8, 2011 | Standing In The Shadows
Guest Post! Here’s the story: I asked for—and received, from Seal Press—Pretty Neat, which is a book on organization. Rather than just write about it from the vantage point of someone who is pretty not neat, I asked my friend—through the...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Jun 10, 2011 | Standing In The Shadows
We walk. A lot. As such, we are careful pedestrians. Across the main drag, we routinely wait until cars going both directions have stopped for us. This morning, we did that and another car took a left-hand turn right into us, speeding up rather than halting as the...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Jun 12, 2011 | Standing In The Shadows
Go to the farmers’ markets this week and you’ll see this whole growing season phenomenon is in full swing. Along with all the greens and early radishes, there are sugar snap peas! Strawberries! The earth seems busy these days. This week, I started to think...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Jun 14, 2011 | Standing In The Shadows
Sticking close to home this weekend, I have been sleeping. I logged eight hours-ish of sleep on Friday, and a little more on Saturday. If you’ve been reading about our household’s spring, you know that sleep hasn’t been our most abundant commodity....
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Jun 15, 2011 | Standing In The Shadows
Having something like a sty in your eye (well, having a sty in your eye) is one of those completely self-absorbing experiences, simply because it’s so annoying. Mine is getting better, finally. It’s not all the way better, but close enough that maybe today...