Empty Inkwell

As we were brows­ing the fic­tion sec­tion, we let Cora get down to explore a lit­tle. (Just in case you are wondering-no we are not the kind of par­ents who let our kid get into any and every­thing. I payed close atten­tion so she didn’t grab and/or knock over a sin­gle book.) She was actu­ally really good-she walked […]

So I know my plan for this blog was, and still is: write about what­ever… start with the day’s hap­pen­ings and see where it takes you. But there is a fine line some­where in there… I want to write about “what­ever”, but I also want to write about things peo­ple will actu­ally want to read. Feel­ing less than inspired […]

I took Cora to the library yes­ter­day. I know what you’re think­ing… here we go… another post about a “Cora first”. And technically—yes—it was Cora’s first trip to a library, so obvi­ously I took a zil­lion pic­tures as you’ll see below (what’s new?). But if I’m being hon­est… this post is more about me and my crazy book […]

I took Cora to one of my favorite places today… Bor­ders book­store. Each time I walk through the dou­ble doors and into that store, I breathe it in. There is some­thing so calm­ing to me about the smell of fresh ink and fresh paper. I walked in the store with an assort­ment of my very favorite things—adorable daughter, […]