We didn’t plant a spring garden this year, minus a few yukon gold potato plants (which we’ve already harvested) and a handful of herbs. The spring felt...

Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own; and from morning to night, as from the cradle to the grave, it...

Earlier in the year, I began a style series exploring pieces from my closet I considered essential–clothing or accessories I go to regularly and tend...

Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language. — Henry James Last weekend we traveled...

We’re trying to establish routines again–a bit of play, a bit of house work, a bit of school work, a bit of rest–dividing up hours...

Life, with its rules, its obligations, and its freedoms, is like a sonnet: You’re given the form, but you have to write the sonnet yourself....

  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...

Everything ends at some point. Some endings bring relief, like the end of childbirth or a difficult test or race, while other endings cause a...

I imagined this summer differently a few months ago. Mark had a full summer of classes planned and our family budget had dramatically shrunk this...

Wow. It’s July. I know, technically it’s time for another {this moment} but I’ve noticed myself succumbing to the ease of photo blogging and failing...