13/365 Blanketed Belly

Cuddled up in my blanket on the couch today.

12/365 One of my favorite Belly pictures

Feeling lazy today and decided to post one of my favorite belly photos that my son Connor took of my husband painting on my belly.

11/365 Cowboy Jammie Belly

It's a chilly Monday morning. I think I will just hang out in my cowboy jammies and curl up on the couch with a good book. There is nothing more comfortable than hanging out in my flannel jammies all day.

10/365 Sunday Dinner Belly

It is feeling more like March today so I am making a crock pot vegetable stew. It is also Sunday. Sundays to me should be days when family spends the day together. I remember when I was younger our relatives from other parts of New Jersey would pop over on the weekends for an afternoon visit. My dad always stocked up the frig with cold cuts, potato salad and coleslaw. The counter top would be filled with fresh rolls from Elmer's country store and some Entenmann's cakes. There was an extra pot of coffee brewing in the afternoon. It was always a surprise to us who would come. Us kids would get excited if cousins our own age would show up and sometimes a little disappointed if just the adults did. Except when Aunt Elda and Uncle Tom visited. Those visits I cherish the most. Uncle Tom would teach me boxing moves so I could defend myself from my brothers when they got too rough. He was a golden gloves boxer in the 30's. We would hear stories of my feisty grandmother Lucia who died when my dad was 5. I remember Elda would tell me with a smile in her eyes how much I looked like her sister Emma who died way too young.

It is rainy Sundays like today that I like to have a pot of stew or a dish of lasagna ready just in case someone shows up. It is rainy Sundays like today that memories of sitting around our picnic table sharing a meal with Aunt Elda and Uncle Tom fill my heart.

9/365 - Spread Peace Belly

My daughter's sign from a march she did with the Governor's Institute at SIT

I had the honor of marching with over 1,000 people yesterday in a peaceful anti-nuclear/Shut Down Vermont Yankee protest. I was moved by the feeling of community as I watched so many people greet each other with hugs.. I was especially moved by the commitment to protest peacefully and with respect for all beings, their property and the Earth.



I "believe that it is time to close the 40 year old Vermont Yankee nuclear reactor, and move Vermont towards a future that TRULY includes safe and green energy options." -Shut Down Vermont Yankee - As Scheduled in 2012

My favorite sign from yesterday's march. photo by Sage Maurer

8/365-New Moon Belly

Thinking about shadows, my shadow side and the New Moon today.

7/365 - Earth Belly

I spent the first day of spring in the garden with my hands in the earth. Spiders, earth worms, grasshoppers, and even mosquitoes joined me in the warm sun as they woke from their slumber.

One of my favorites books. A magical story of Mother Earth waking the root children so they can prepare for spring.