http://livinginsmallsizes.com Dawn and Will Merydith's Blog Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:47:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Ammachi, the hugging saint or known only as Amma, was in Coralville for a few days.   This was the second time I saw Amma. When I arrived yesterday a line had formed for the evening program. I wandered to the back trying to figure out where the end was.  A woman ... http://livinginsmallsizes.com/2009/07/01/blessed-be-blessed-me/ I had a short "date" with my wife tonight that started at Cafe Paradiso to see some live music. At about 9pm we cut out to find a place to hang out and talk. We ended up going to Chautauqua Park around 915pm, noting the park's closing time ... http://livinginsmallsizes.com/2009/06/13/fairfield-bike-cops-operating-in-stealth-mode-catch-my-wife-and-i/ http://livinginsmallsizes.com/2009/06/03/why/ It's been a difficult time for 3mix the past ten months. We started last summer with some local investments (thank you for your support if you're reading this) that allowed us to ramp up development. But by the time Winter rolled around the sour economy had taken out ... http://livinginsmallsizes.com/2009/05/28/3mix-resurrection/ I've been waiting too long for Spring. By my calculation this last Winter was six months long. For me Spring begins when you can open your windows during the day and let in fresh air along with the sounds of Spring. I welcome the sounds of the invisible tree ... http://livinginsmallsizes.com/2009/05/28/not-all-sounds-of-spring-are-welcome/ Whenever I tell the story of my relocation to Iowa, and the process of selecting Fairfield Iowa from the other small towns; it always involves talking about Everybody's Groceries and their organic/natural foods selection my family could not live without. However after living here for several months we realized ... http://livinginsmallsizes.com/2009/05/21/hy-vee-grocery-shopping-experience-takes-a-step-backwards/ I recently launched Fairfield Voice, a blog project that is intended to be a community blog run by multiple authors representing a cross section of Fairfield. I'm still polishing the site: fixing bugs, tweaking the design and expanding the copy on the static pages (for example it currently ... http://livinginsmallsizes.com/2009/05/15/fairfieldvoicecom-a-community-blog-for-fairfield/ This coming Sunday, May 17th from 11 to 3 there will be a May festival at Aurora Farm right outside of town. Our family went to this private event last year for our daughter's school, but this year the event is open to the public. Come Celebrate Spring ,at a ... http://livinginsmallsizes.com/2009/05/15/may-festival-at-aurora-farm-this-sunday/ We are the third state in the nation to legalize same-sex marriage.  I'm so proud to be an Iowan (I've always said Iowa is not as Red as people think and now I have another way to prove it)! In fifty years it will be the norm and we ... http://livinginsmallsizes.com/2009/05/11/gay-marriage-in-iowa/ We just returned from a week in Mexico. A trip that my mother-in-law plans for her children and grandchildren every year. This is our fourth year going as a family. I'm so fortunate to have a mother-in-law that splurges on her family and is fun to hang ... http://livinginsmallsizes.com/2009/04/13/best-mother-in-law/