I never want to say my best days are behind me...

life: Cats Blackie (black) and Brownie (front) catch squirts of...

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:13:39 -0500

Cats Blackie (black) and Brownie (front) catch squirts of milk during at Arch Badertscher’s dairy farm in this 1954 Nan Farber photo.

“This picture just makes me smile. Great photographs do not need to be serious, they just need to evoke emotion.” — Liz Ronk, Photo Editor, LIFE.com

Ever wonder what the favorite photographs are of the LIFE editors? Here you go.

Merry Christmas!

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 23:13:17 -0500

Merry Christmas!

Something missing.

Sat, 17 Dec 2011 21:43:00 -0500

This morning I went out for a couple hours by myself, leaving Audrey at home with Matt. As I walked down the stairs I kept feeling like I was forgetting something, but after checking my bag twice I realized that what I was feeling like I was missing was Audrey. I’ve so rarely been without her any time in the past five months that I felt very strange going out alone. It will definitely be a huge adjustment going back to work in a month. I am looking forward to being at work again, but I know I will be pretty devastated to leave Audrey all day.

Planning Thanksgiving dinner

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 18:59:29 -0500

Apps

Pumpkin Soup (made by Mom)

Dinner

Roasted Vegetable Galette (without olives)

Swedish Style Potatoes au Gratin (with a mix of potatoes and sweet potatoes)

String Beans with Ginger and Garlic

Crescent Rolls (Pillsbury)

Zerts

Pumpkin Praline Pie (made by Mom)

Apple Pumpkin Spice Donuts

NLYA 2011

Sat, 05 Nov 2011 19:10:40 -0400

Audrey went to her first library conference today, at only 3 1/2 months old! I’m so proud.

Also, my table talk went very well. Lots of good feedback and people seemed very interested.

My little devil! (who later acted the part by refusing to go to...

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 21:41:26 -0400

My little devil!

(who later acted the part by refusing to go to bed)

Last night we carved pumpkins while it snowed (!) all evening.

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:29:49 -0400

Last night we carved pumpkins while it snowed (!) all evening.

I never thought something as simple as someone else rolling over...

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 09:55:47 -0400

I never thought something as simple as someone else rolling over could be so exciting.

Three months in, one of the cats finally decided to try the...

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:03:58 -0400

Three months in, one of the cats finally decided to try the bouncer. Matt wouldn’t let me turn on the vibration feature while Morris was in there though.

Shiny and new

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 09:44:50 -0400

Experimenting with Tumblr…