christmas wish list

Ted Talks - Niall Ferguson

fascinating.

Design

Another one to watch? Will follow on Twitter to make sure I like it:

Design You Trust

Gadgets

I like this idea - but can not stand the layout/graphics on this blog. But I consider it one to watch:

The Wirecutter

so this is what they were up to...love it!

Lily - our Forest Fairy

I will go into more details about Lily at some point. But wanted to upload a newspaper clipping she left A a couple years ago:



made from this awesome make a newspaper clipping site!

Changes

We've had some changes recently around the house.

The boys are both away at boarding school.

There's lots that goes with that simple sentence. In fact, it's all so complex and brings out so many emotions and consequences it's kind of too big for me to really get a handle on at the moment. I'm trying.

The biggest is that they don't live here anymore. I guess they will always call our house "home", even though they technically don't live here. And this is just the beginning as in a few years they will be off to college and really on their way. And maybe, just maybe, they might just come home for a bit after that?

In the meantime their room is empty of life. Not empty empty. There are still clothes and all their personal "stuff" from their years of living so far. In fact, their room is quite a mess - not including the enormous blue paint stain on the white rug as you enter the room.