It is spring again. The earth is like a child that knows poems by heart. ― Rainer Maria Rilke Spring has arrived here, wrapping us with...

Many of us who aren’t farmers or gardeners still have some element of farm nostalgia in our family past, real or imagined: a secret longing...

Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness....

. . . Sometimes I dream that everything in the world is here, in my room, in a great closet, named and orderly, and I...

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...

Life is pure adventure, and the sooner we realize that, the quicker we will be able to treat life as art. — Maya Angelou This...

As I mentioned last week, lately we’ve been indoors more than usual, and while I value indoor activities in their own manner, there’s nothing quite...

 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...

It seems the end of September has already arrived — the time of year I begin dreaming of wool and blankets and fires and colored...

  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...