The most healing aspect of national or international crises is the way it seems to unite humanity in the best ways. Somehow in our own...

Springtime is my favorite season for read-aloud outdoors. In light of the current quarantine, turning our attention to the new life outside our windows feels...

I have spent the last few weeks checking in with friends and family alike to see how everyone is doing. Phone calls. Email. Facetime. Zoom....

When the nation was first moved into isolation last week with COVID-19 and the grocery stores emptied of basic staples, all I could think about...

an indoor hammock morning lists snuggly afternoon reading a playful self-portrait laundry day first cotillion and an award for Mr. Mannerly (aka “Mr. Manly”) paper...

Wisdom comes with winters. ––Oscar Wilde I wonder if we are not too eager to erase or avoid the parts of our bodies that reveal...

I’ve been making these cupcakes for years, and they are still my most requested treat to contribute to any event with friends. If you are...

I realize that like plans of any sort booklists might give you hives. If that’s the case, you won’t hurt my feelings to move along,...

A few years ago, I began this project as a snapshot of days at home, a birds-eye view of our month of learning without parameters...

Perhaps the most uncomfortable truth of homeschooling is this: there is no track. There are various guidelines or expectations provided by the state government, but...