Although it can be challenging to find the time, I really enjoy sharing bits of our homeschooling journey with others here and elsewhere to help...

The girls received beautiful play scarves from Shovava last week, and the timing could not have been better as it has rained almost every day of the...

Cooking is both simpler and more necessary than we imagine. It has in recent years come to seem a complication to juggle against other complications,...

The world is dark, and light is precious. Kate DiCamillo, The Tale of Despereaux For all of us, there are life seasons that feel bright and...

When I first began writing in this space in 2007, I was influenced by and quoted Thoreau’s Walden. Like so many before me, I treasured...

Sometimes perfectionist slips in here, only wanting to present that part of our life which is pretty and organized and complete (even in thought). I...

Have you read The Goldfinch yet? When Bri from Mamages asked me to share what I’ve been carrying around in my bag recently, I had...

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...