CRAFTING YOUR OWN BEESWAX CANDLES

  • AUTUMN
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  • HANDMADE
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  • HOMESCHOOL
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  • SEASONS
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  • WINTER
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Rolling beeswax candles is perhaps one of my children’s favorite activities for the home, a task that needs tending more often in the autumn and winter...

Room to Grow | The Girls’ Room Tour

  • HOME TOUR
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  • THE FAMILY HOME
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I love that my children share bedrooms, even when it causes friction about personal space and ownership. Which. It. Does. For instance, Blythe prefers neat...

an easy DIY vintage poster frame

  • HANDMADE
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  • THE FAMILY HOME
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Last weekend, Olive and I built a couple of small vintage-styled poster frames together for their room. We’ve had a few Cavallini posters around our home, tightly...

Real Talk Real Moms | On Comparison in Motherhood

  • FAMILY
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  • MOTHERHOOD
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I imagine much of the comparison that happens between mothers begins simply and honestly, a way to observe and emulate other women we admire for...

On Screentime + Managing the Internet at Home

  • LIFESTYLE
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  • MINDFULNESS
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  • SIMPLE RHYTHMS + ROUTINES
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  • THE FAMILY HOME
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The use of technology in childhood is one of the hottest topics for modern parents, and it seems where ever you land on the issue,...

MUSIC IN THE HOME | a playlist for Daily Rhythms

  • BOOKS - MUSIC - PODCASTS
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  • LIFESTYLE
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  • SIMPLE RHYTHMS + ROUTINES
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  • THE FAMILY HOME
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“Music is the art of thinking with sounds.” ― Jules Combarieu Books and music have always created a backdrop for our days at home together,...

Durango, Colorado

  • LIFESTYLE
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  • TRAVEL
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Some people prefer large soirees with friends and food and gifts to celebrate monumental birthdays, and we have hosted a couple of those fun events over the...

one equal temper of heroic hearts

  • FAMILY
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  • LIFESTYLE
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  • MARRIAGE
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  • MINDFULNESS
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I gave Mark a wallet for father’s day in June with the last line from Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s Ulysses, “to strive, to seek, to find, and...

fresh flowers in the late summer home

  • MINDFULNESS
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  • SEASONS
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  • SIMPLE RHYTHMS + ROUTINES
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  • SUMMER
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  • THE FAMILY HOME
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A small bundle of fresh flowers for the home can be water for the soul, especially in these late summer months when the temperatures soar...

printing childhood artwork + homeschool notebooks

  • CHILDHOOD
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  • FAMILY
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  • HOMESCHOOL
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  • MEMORY KEEPING
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  • RESOURCES
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Childhood art is magnificent, isn’t it? Children have a way of seeing and coloring the world in the early years without the constraints of reality, without...