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Posted on June 30th, 2009 under Julie. Tags: facebook. Comments: None

Hey everyone…I’ve got an article on Better Way Moms about the Summer Jar. Go read!

Posted on June 30th, 2009 under Julie. Tags: better way moms, camp jar, jar, summer, summer jar. Comments: 1

My summer exercise program usually consists of trying to get outside for a walk, or, on days when the planets align, a run. Since it has rained every day in June (and we’re almost at July), I’ve been forced to continue my winter exercise routine of workout videos, mostly the 30 Day Shred. But you [...]

Posted on June 30th, 2009 under exercise. Tags: 30 day shred, cardio, drywall, exercise, fitness, maine, self, strength, workout. Comments: None

Samuel Eaton’s Day Sarah Morton’s Day Tapenum’s Day by Kate Waters, photos by Russ Kendall For some reason, recently, Henry and I got to talking about New England, where we live, and about colonial times, and just when I was about to start getting nostalgic for colonial times, as though I’d actually lived through them, [...]

Posted on June 29th, 2009 under Children's Book of the Week. Tags: books, Children's Book of the Week, little house, pilgrims, plimouth plantation, wampanoag. Comments: 4

Thursday the summer jar told us to go to the Portland Museum of Art. I’d put it in the jar because I haven’t been in a few years, and I wanted the kids to see all that art right there in our own town, I thought it might be inspiring, and I thought it might [...]

Posted on June 27th, 2009 under Parenting. Tags: addo nova, art, bakery, baking, big sky, camp jar, cookies, Ergo, gallery, mural, museum, Portland, portland museum of art, summer, summer jar, whitney art works. Comments: 8

I’m sure you’re all desperate to know what’s been happening with our summer jar since we started it a little over a week ago. I will say that it’s odd how anxious I get each morning when we pull that day’s activity. But so far all has been great. Day 1 we picked “Visit an [...]

Posted on June 26th, 2009 under Parenting. Tags: art, bradbury mountain, camp, camp jar, cardboard, foldschool, gallery, hike, hiking, ice cream, jar, stool, summer, summer jar. Comments: 1

What better time to try a new cookie than at a solstice party (even if it was the zillionth rainy day in a row)? (Ok, I realize that this is yet again just a ridiculous justification for cookie baking.) We were going to Marcus and Lisa‘s for a solstice party, and I’d promised to bring [...]

Posted on June 25th, 2009 under baking. Tags: baking, cookies, holidays, party, peanut butter, rain, solstice, whoopie pies. Comments: 9

Dave’s birthday is in January. So if I think of a good gift for him in late Spring, I’ve either got to wait 7 months, or come up with some other occasion. And so it was that I decided to make Dave bitters for Father’s Day. He’s not my father, and giving an alcoholic accessory [...]

Posted on June 24th, 2009 under Food, Julie. Tags: alcohol, bitters, cherry, craft, drink, herbs, orange, vodka. Comments: 14

There is a reason I don’t usually take photos of the good dinners I make. Tasty dinners are often kind of ugly, plus the lighting at night is just awful and it makes the food look even uglier. But, knowing that, I took a photo of this anyway, and I’m telling you about it, because [...]

Posted on June 23rd, 2009 under Food. Tags: bon appetit, dinner, green beans, mushrooms, peas, polenta. Comments: 1