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Multnomah Falls near Portland, Oregon

A Huge Announcement

May 18, 2017 By Jodi

So, I have something to tell you.

Farmer releasing cow from barn

A Wonderfully Quirky Swedish Spring Tradition

May 8, 2017 By Jodi

In my last post, I wrote about a rather sedate spring tradition in Sweden. This weekend, we attended one of the quirkiest traditions we've heard of: the spring cow release, or kosläpp.

Early days at home with newborn

Some Thoughts on the Postpartum Period

March 10, 2017 By Jodi

Little Bing-Bong is ten days old today. We've been home for eight of those, adjusting to life as a new family of five—mostly this means adjusting to being the mother of a newborn again. I was inspired by this post on one of my favorite blogs, Reading My Tea Leaves, to share with you what this...

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First day at home with newborn and big brothers

Welcome to the World, Baby Girl!

March 8, 2017 By Jodi

As you might have guessed, my silence this last week has been due to the fact that the baby has arrived! In fact, she came just a few hours after I published my last post.

Green plant in windowsill, Dear Sabrina

Scenes From My Mind (and My Home)

February 16, 2017 By Jodi

I'm making a bit of a departure here in today's post. Generally I try to write about something in particular—at the very least so that I have a sensible title line for each post—and usually, something that fits in with themes I generally cover on this blog. But today I'm going off script (or, more aptly,...

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Blue bottle and rock cairn

Alternative (and Free) Souvenir Ideas

January 31, 2017 By Jodi

Slipping away to some exotic or culturally rich location for a vacation is wonderful; bringing home souvenirs from that vacation, which jog travel memories and help the vacation last longer in your mind, is also wonderful. But that doesn't mean you have to stop at those kitschy, overstuffed bric-a-brac shops and pony up for some mass-produced (and questionably...

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Herbs, spices, vegetables, knives ready to cook

The One Thing I Always Wish I'd Brought With Me On Vacation

January 16, 2017 By Jodi

We're having a great time in Spain so far: it's been sunny, warm(ish), and we've spent our days walking, playing, and eating. This is EXACTLY what we came for. But there's one thing I forgot to bring that I'm kicking myself about...

Climbing sledding hill in Sweden

The Third Trimester of My Third Pregnancy in My (Late) Thirties

January 9, 2017 By Jodi

(Nota bene: the pictures in this post have almost nothing to do with the content. This is mostly because my husband refuses to take pictures of me, also because I find selfies to be too self-aggrandizing to bother taking any, and because it's winter in Sweden and the light is shit.) I'm just over 32 weeks into this...

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Waxing crescent moon

Let's Talk About the Moon

January 5, 2017 By Jodi

For some reason, I've got it stuck in my head that I'm going to teach my kids, from the very beginning, about the stages of the moon. I think it would be so cool to hear a tiny human voice say, "Look mama! A waning crescent moon!" With that in mind, any time we see the...

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Woman walking in front of orange wall

My Secret, Irrational Hatred of Something Totally Benign

December 30, 2016 By Jodi

I have a confession to make. There's something that I have an unreasonable and rather passionate dislike of. It's something that has no real effect in my life (except to make me cringe); has never done anything rude, unkind, or unfair to me; and is in itself rather innocuous. And yet, every time I see it,...

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I just repatriated from Sweden to the US with my British husband and three young kids. I started this site while living in Sweden to build the conversations and community we've had with loved ones around the world, and to create a space to share thoughts about life, beauty, motherhood, and everything else. read more →

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Getting Ready for Spain

January 11, 2017 By Jodi 5 Comments

Nerja sea and landscape

We're off to Spain tomorrow morning! We're staying in a small town on the Mediterranean called Nerja, where we've rented an apartment for the two weeks we'll be there. We're looking forward to sunlight (!), warm afternoons spent at playgrounds, and yummy fresh food (and, of course, cava).

Making Hard Parenting Choices (i.e. Preparing for Another Big Change)

November 27, 2017 By Jodi 5 Comments

Boys dressed as superheroes, kinda

Although we're finally settling into a new rhythm and set of routines, we're preparing for some significant changes come January. Because we haven't had enough life-shattering change in the last few months...

Gorgeous Prints from Artifact Uprising

September 9, 2016 By Jodi 4 Comments

About a year ago I realized we had a problem--a major problem. We had thousands of pictures of our kids, all of which were on the computer. We had approximately zero pictures of our kids that existed out here in the real world. If we wanted to reminisce with August and Leif about their babyhood, their cousins,...

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Have You Ever Written to an Author?

June 13, 2016 By Jodi 8 Comments

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A few years ago I was sitting in a cafe in Santa Barbara and felt an overwhelming urge to write to David James Duncan. I had just read a piece by him in The Best American Essays 2009 about birds and extinction and disintegrating marriage, which left me weeping at my table.

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