Author Archives: Kelli Miller

How to Cook : Mayonnaise

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Kelli Miller

(alternately titled, “Reasons my mother thinks I may have been an alien baby”) (subtitled “wherein I use a lot of italicized comments in parentheses”) Me: I made mayonnaise today! My Mom: Why? Conversations like these are not altogether rare around … Continue reading →

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How to Cook : Chicken Pot Pie

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Kelli Miller

a.k.a. “Winging it when you don’t have a recipe!” I love this time of year. Our brief moment of down time has arrived. (Well, as “down” as it ever gets around here.) We’re done with volleyball season, and basketball & … Continue reading →

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The pretty picture

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Kelli Miller

I actually wrote this post awhile back, and then didn’t publish it. But apparently the theme I touched on yesterday of story, and telling our true stories even when they aren’t pretty, has been on mind a while… Someone said … Continue reading →

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Wherein I return from an unplanned hiatus and use a lot of quotation marks

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Kelli Miller

So I haven’t been here in this space in about 40 days now. This time of year (a.k.a. “volleyball season”) life is just full and busy. And most of the time I handle that pretty well. But there comes a … Continue reading →

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The ordinary story of today

Posted on September 1, 2011 by Kelli Miller

I make the less-than-quarter-mile walk to the chicken pen, trying to use all of my senses between here and there, take it all in, imprint it on my skin, looking for what I can notice this morning. The air is … Continue reading →

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Special delivery

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Kelli Miller

A few of our hens have been laying their eggs in a basket of drying beans in my garage. How considerate of them to deliver daily eggs right to our door! 1 year ago: First day of school

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Puzzle

Posted on August 23, 2011 by Kelli Miller

The puzzle of how to piece together 24 hours is exasperating. 1 year ago: On the road to recovery? So where were we?

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Installment #11: One of these things just doesn’t belong here

Posted on August 10, 2011 by Kelli Miller

I mentioned we have quite the herd of kittens this year. The older 4 are in that really playful stage, and I was a little worried about how they’d be around our new batch of chicks. As it turns out, … Continue reading →

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Inspiration

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Kelli Miller

We’ve got a nice crop of kittens this summer As I slide back into this space, I wanted to share with you who’s inspiring me right now… public::bookstore I love Tara’s photos, and how her posts feel like it’s just … Continue reading →

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Well hello there

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Kelli Miller

double rainbow over the farm I didn’t intend to be gone from here so long. It just sort of happened. Apparently I really needed a break. But I’m feeling drawn back to it, drawn back to my camera, to words … Continue reading →

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