Summer – Red Tent Living

A Glimpse of That Girl

By: redtentwomen August 26, 2020August 22, 2020

Intentional Living, Monthly Themes, Red Tent Dinnerbeach, Childhood, Madeline L'Engle, Memory, story, Summer, Susan Tucker, The Passage of Time, the past6 Comments

I am still every age that I have been. Because I was once a child, I am always a child. Madeleine L’Engle This afternoon my family and I arrive at the beach for our twentieth annual trip with my parents. Soon after we unload the car and unpack our suitcases, we slip into our swimsuits…

The Robin

By: redtentwomen June 17, 2020June 16, 2020

UncategorizedAnxiety, Change, Letting, Madeline Bialecki, Nature, Summer4 Comments

Last week, a robin built her nest in a nook on my garage. I wonder if this is the same robin who had a nest there when I first moved into this house seven years ago. (I admit that I don’t know much about how long robins live or their behavior.)

A Summer Picnic

By: redtentwomen June 9, 2020June 9, 2020

Day to Day, Faithbelonging, Childhood, exclusion, fragmentation, Healing, Integration, loneliness, Mothering yourself, Redemption, rivalry, Summer, summer picnic, welcome8 Comments

I grew up in a small town in Northern Wisconsin. My neighborhood was filled with tightly-spaced brick homes with mature trees flanking both sides of the street. These were the days when everyone knew everybody and children walked to and from school without care or risk. I loved the long summer days when everyone was…

Summer Intensity

By: redtentwomen July 24, 2015August 1, 2015

UncategorizedBethany Cabell, Dairy Free, Mothering boys, PT boards, Summer, Working in Summer8 Comments

It was the summer of 2002 and I had just graduated from my master’s program. Moving home, I knew that my sole responsibility was to study in order to pass my boards when I sat for them in early July.

Memories

By: redtentwomen June 8, 2015August 2, 2015

Day to DayCamping, Deanna Sturgeon, Lake Michigan, memories, Mothering boys, Summer3 Comments

Recently my husband and I went camping on the shores of Lake Michigan.

Summer in My Own Backyard

By: redtentwomen June 12, 2014August 25, 2015

Gardening, The HomeBeauty, conversation, Fire Pit, Growing Up, Janet Stark, Making Memories, Marriage, Rest, Summer, the home, vacation5 Comments

Growing up, I was not fond of summer.

Resting with the Ducks

By: redtentwomen August 27, 2013September 22, 2015

TravelDuck, Ducks, Ellen Oelson, Kindness, Relaxation, Rest, Summer, Texas Hill Country, The River5 Comments

August has arrived and I am tired and in need of rest. Summer has been a buzz of activities, some of which have been fun and others of which have been unexpected and stunning.