Archive - Periplum of motherhood and other wonderings

How it shifts and changes

Jul 14 •

June 2025

The power of nature and the necessity of extravagant tenderness

Last weekend, D and I drove up to a campground in New Hampshire.

Jun 29 •

The power of connection

Jun 16 •

May 2025

These are days to remember

On birth and graduation and choosing the story you tell

May 26 •

Joy comes with the morning

And also with the dawn chorus

May 12 •

April 2025

Balancing between despair and beauty

And possibly learning from a squirrel?

Apr 27 •

At the airport, a family with four small kids—probably all under six or seven—was waiting at the same gate as us.

Apr 20 •

March 2025

This beautiful life

And bounding forward into spring

Mar 30 •

The flood of progress

And the love that swells within those rapids

Mar 12 •

I take it seriously

Mar 3 •

February 2025

What snow can hold

Snowflakes are six-sided crystals, as much air as they are frozen water.

Feb 22 •

Blossom like a lilac in May

Now more than ever

Feb 17 •

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