[I]t’s a mighty act of human love to remind somebody that they can accomplish things by themselves, and that the world does not automatically owe...

There are a thousand thousand reasons to love this life, everyone one of them sufficient. ― Marilynne Robinson, Gilead drawing and listening to an old Sheryl Crow...

Human knowledge is never contained in one person. It grows from the relationships we create between each other and the world, and still it is...

  Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day. ― A.A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh _____________________________ spring herbs + tales...

“Why else do any of this if not to become who we want to be?” ― Anthony Doerr, All the Light We Cannot See __________________________...

Instructions for living a life: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell others. ― Mary Oliver, Sometimes ________________________________ reading lessons on the kitchen floor lettuce snipped from the...

It is raining this evening. Our windows are open allowing the delicate chimes and water and air to sing to us. April has come: a...

It seems winter went on strike at some point this month, but we didn’t mind. Instead we did what all of you with real winters...

 A [person] should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of  his life, in order that worldly...

  We officially began our new homeschool year last week giving us something more to do with these hot August days. Here’s a bit of...