a rainy weekend: winter’s prelude
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It has rained for days now. A cold, relentless rain. I look toward our cactus still propped on our outdoor table, now hunched over like an...
camping, the gift of wilderness
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“I love cooking in nature,” Liam tells me. He tosses the scrambled eggs around the pan gently with a fork. He’s carefully improvising the spatula...
in praise of fall
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We spent the day at a local event celebrating fall recently. While the event was primarily to help raise money for a local nature conservation...
a brief mid-day hike
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I noticed my shirt was inside out while brushing my teeth the other day and realized this is how life feels right now: the same...
only once
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Things never happen the same way twice. ― C.S. Lewis The morning is slow, rare for us on any day, especially on a Saturday. Mark...
oh, chicago!
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After having four kids (whom I love desperately), I have new perspective when we get to travel without them: Eat. It. Up. Mark and I...
