the june friend camping trip/ wolf campground

:::::renn in trees and sunlight::::

:::::amazing lenore crossing the water with 3-month-old willem:::::::::

:::::::::;finn heart-stoppingly ran up to this cliff--luckily other adults were with him!  (yes--i want to do child-rearing in a tribe of women and/or just other families::::::::can we just extend this camping trip to all year please??)

::::::lauren reading to ellie and finn.  they are basically siblings (without all the fighting!)::::::

spring desk things: the poem is big the poem is us

"only when we are being joyfully creative can we release the obsession with others and how they are doing."

:::::::::::::::;picture of a picture--me at 4 or 5 years old i believe:::::::::sitting midroom, writing/drawing?

Whitman: "Word over all, beautiful as the sky!"

summer solstice

::::::::::::::downtown in the evening::::

::::::::::boy cousins picking mulberries!::::::::::

:::::;more cousin love, making chocolate cake (and especially licking the bowl):::::

the cold spring spring: part 2.

::::::playing in the giant puddle at the grand opening of the des moines social club (listening to david byrne!)

mother's day at the botanical gardens, with tobi:::::::::::::

:::::::::a boy who plays soccer!::::::

bean sprout school friends:::::::::::

::::::::::::::going to music class in fancy hat!