I'm just trying to walk myself home.
We walked the Eastern Scottish Coast on Saturday afternoon and it was crazy windy. The walk took us along a cliff above the sea and I was a weensy bit worried one of us was going to blow away. The wind was blowing all this sea foam into piles on the shore and after we …
Have you had a good week? And more importantly, are you looking forward to the weekend? Mine will probably be pretty low key. I’m in the middle of reading The Railway Man and hoping to finish it up. Also, I am making a cake for a bake-off that Mary Polly and her friends at church …
Back in January, I mentioned that we gave the kids tickets to events this year for Christmas presents. (Which is making Christmas last all year!) When I took Ben and Simon to Edinburgh to see The Lion King, we made a day of it, enjoying the city and taking loads of photos. We even had …
Giving Things Up: A Story about Lent The thing about giving up something for Lent is that it is sometimes hard, especially for children, to not make the thing you’ve given up the focus of one’s attention. I think the point of giving something up during this season is to make more space for God. …
Hello Friday! I cannot tell you how glad I am going to be to see February (and winter) in my rear view mirror. I know I still have lots of gray weather in the days ahead but the evenings are stretching out longer. It just feels better. Like moving forward. Into the light. For February …
Y’all can I be honest for a second? I love to see new places in the world. And I really love Scotland. But over half of my Instagram feed is made up of pictures of the little corner of the world that is my home state of Arkansas. Because in addition to the fact that …
Hello Friday! We are in the middle of a move. Since we already moved all the way to Scotland, you would think that I pretty much have this moving thing in the bag. Not so much. I will spare you the drudgery of listening to me whine about how I cannot be bothered to pack …
What kind of images come to mind when you hear the word needy? Is there a certain name that pops up on your phone that makes you hesitant to answer? Is it the person in your life who takes more from you than they give? More money, more time, more energy. The word draining is …
Y’all, we have been in Scotland for six months now! How did that happen so fast? To celebrate, I thought I would list my five favorite days out in beautiful Scotland! We’ve had some good ones for sure! Dunnottar Castle Highland Getaway North Sea Walk Castle Fraser Bennachie More Links!
http://www.alisonchino.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=15178&action=edit&message=1 photo by Whitney Loibner, who shared our love letters on her blog recently. A Short Love Story (for Valentine’s Day) Recently I opened up a document I had put away for a while because I wanted to be able to look at it with fresh eyes. And here is what my fresh eyes saw: …
A few weeks ago I arrived in rainy London on a rainy Friday in order to attend a dinner for a blogging project I am very excited about. (More to come on this.) After a cup of tea with Tina at a darling farm store near the airport, I took the train to Victoria and …
This photo is from last year on Valentine’s Day. Which feels like a lifetime ago. It was before we knew we were moving. Before we left our life in Arkansas. Before Tiny Oven. And slightly mildewed jeans + towels. Friends, let me just admit that this is the year I turn into the person who …
A Story about Trash In my unwavering attempts to look on the bright side, I may have neglected to present my new hometown of Aberdeen in the most accurate of lights. However, I think it is a case of selective omission rather than blatant lying to show you pictures of sand, sea and granite instead …
It is amazing how wonderful it is to see the sunshine after it has been clouded over for days and days! [pe2-image src=”http://lh3.ggpht.com/-0RtJ20FPC94/UvZwsaRnEWI/AAAAAAAAHyo/HFImFxcf-b0/s144-c-o/DSCF0594.JPG” href=”https://picasaweb.google.com/100212479652479288017/20140208TyrebaggerWalk?authkey=Gv1sRgCPnn9rfKvu6BWw#5978089463650652514″ caption=”” type=”image” alt=”DSCF0594.JPG” ] We drug the boys out on Saturday morning because the rain came back later in the day. It was cold and muddy but it was so wonderful …
Y’all the walking is happening. #48walks and then some. And do you know what? I LOVE IT! Seriously, every time I get a little notification that someone tagged a walk, it reminds me to go for a walk, and more importantly, it makes me smile. I hope you feel the same way friends. Here are …
I’m still trying to tell stories on Tuesdays, so in January I told a few stories about Walking Towards The Unexpected. For the month of February I am writing about Walking in the Dark. Because I was trying to choose a happier theme. (sarcasm) Actually, if I didn’t feel light in my heart today, I …
Here’s my last January walk! After six straight days of rain in Aberdeen, I decided to get out by myself in the area last Thursday. I have been trying to go for longer walks when I’m alone because I’m hoping to go on a really long walk in the not too distant future. Plus I …
I am happy to say that I think I might finally be making friends with Tiny Oven. I will never love him the same way as I did Dream Oven back in Arkansas, but we are working out our differences. I’m hoping you won’t think me completely crazy when I tell you that I often …
A Story about Growing Old Together One day I came home from visiting with our ninety-year-old neighbor and said to Taido, Do you realize that if we both live to be ninety that we will spend more years of our marriage alone than with children? We moved into our house on Cedar Street after five …
Happy Monday, friends! We only managed to get 2 of 4 kiddos out for walk 2 of 48. We headed to an already familiar (and favorite) nearby set of hiking trails, Bennachie. It certainly looks different in winter, but still beautiful! I do love seeing all the other walks shared in the Facebook group and …