The following is a letter from my mom, each of my siblings got one. This Mother’s Day weekend I’m feeling honored to get to celebrate alongside people like her: Mother’s Day is coming up, and I thought I should tell you what I want. This way there’s no guilty panic or last minute purchasing of [...] Continue Reading »
mother’s day weekend
8the Spartan death race: blood before mud
5We’ve signed up for a Spartan Death Race. The team is all family and I must say, we will come in strong. It’s 8 miles and 20 obstacles such as javelin throws, leaping over fire, and fighting in the mud. My brother Ryan is the veteran. And Frankie is gonna bring the ferocity. (He’s this [...] Continue Reading »
practicing our nomadic living
10Little Addair and his Auntie Zoe. We’ve found ourselves in Bealeton, Virginia visiting Graces Acres. We thought we were on a little 3 hour journey to a dinner theatre with family and 10 days later we’re still not home. Here’s a picture roll documenting our lovely stops. [...] Continue Reading »
and now, it is time for whatever is now
1What a season. Experiencing the gamut of emotions on a daily basis. In this moment, I feel calm and relaxed. I like smelling the air of now and listening to the sounds of here. Things I am grateful for : hazelnuts in the grocery time and flexibility to ponder annoyingly large philosophical questions rain boots sweet Levon [...] Continue Reading »
new work: about incubating and waiting
0[ from a. addair who is listening to Jack Johnson (Sleep Through The Static) ]
just as gratefulness was confused in my mind with love, so possession became mixed up with motherhood -maya angelou
10[ from a. addair who is listening to Lyle Lovett (The Road to Ensenada) ] Our next sonogram is scheduled for the first week in August and I’m thinking that they’ll be able to tell us if we can expect a boy or a girl. Of course I want to know, I just wonder if [...] Continue Reading »
letter to a friend: a painting for a wedding
4[ from a. addair who is listening to Sondre Lerche (Faces Down) ] Things I was thinking about as I made this painting: celebration flag banners “this is the beginning of a parade” surrendering to the story miracles and magic flowers whimsy unpredictability simple delights and surprises fun! interlaced plum trees roots foundation hope and [...] Continue Reading »
the beginning of a long letter to my unborn child
6There wasn’t a clear moment when I decided I was ready to be a parent, as if it were something I needed to do, and “today is the day.” Instead, it happened more like this: your mother and I (which feels weird to say considering we only passed a pregnancy test yesterday) had made a [...] Continue Reading »
hooray for a new cousin
0[ from a. addair who is listening to Ryan Adams (Gold) ] Introducing little baby Pearl Lough. Born early this morning.
passing down and looping back
0“Passing down and looping back” is about family lineage. “People are interconnected, by genes and traits, and we form holes with our individual parts.. that process is interesting because we are often made in one place and given context in another.” We went to a baby shower last weekend and you know [...] Continue Reading »