Author: emilyjpitman

  • Back to our ‘Regular’ scheduled…

    Back to our ‘Regular’ scheduled…

    Happy June!  And welcome (back) to Sprouts.  You may be aware that while I was in Maine visiting my family in April, I had a frightening medical experience. A subarachnoid aneurysm burst, I seized, and was rushed to the small town hospital nearby. Then I was life-flighted to a Portland hospital where I had brain…

  • Emily Tangled

    Emily Tangled

    So last week, I wrote about Max being tangled up in the laundry room. This week, you’d find me tangled up. With one, two, three, four wires sticking out of me. I am ok.   I’m at Maine Medical Center in Portland. And I’m getting tremendous care.   I came to Maine for an extended…

  • Max Tangled

    Max Tangled

    Last week I stood in our kitchen and heard the washing machine banging. As I sipped my coffee, I observed the responsible thing to do would be to trudge upstairs, interrupt the cycle, and re-balance the clothes.  Then I realized that I hadn’t started a load of laundry.  What could possibly be making all that…

  • First Quarter Review

    First Quarter Review

    When I saw people begin to post reflections of their first quarter last week, I was convinced they had to be partaking in a massive early April Fool’s joke. I don’t now how many times I counted January, February, March on my fingers wondering if they really equal three months.  When I finally resolved that…

  • Sprouts in my Life

    Sprouts in my Life

    Happy Sprouts Day! Creating and writing for this newsletter has been such a fun challenge. Looking at the names as they show up in the newsletter database, I am so thankful for each of you choosing to hang out with me here and to support this adventure. I wanted to give you some updates on…

  • What’s growing on….

    What’s growing on….

    What seeds will you grow this spring?