A Homeschool Story

I must first make an offering of compassion and recognition for the grief the pandemic has strewn across the globe in its wake, before telli...

Have you ever swum in the ocean? It is positively primeval. It is the one thing I most look forward to when I am near the beach, and a thing...

A flower I remember my grandmother pointing out on our woodland hikes was the Brown-eyed Susan. I often wondered why Susan got her own flowe...

I look out from my magnificent PALACE of a shelter; a beach chair almost covered by a rainbow parasol with a window opening onto the waves c...

The plant-infused patio, with it's white wicker furniture is still warm with a light breeze to keep it all cool today. As I sat and pond...

Decision made: a challenge to myself to write for 30 days in a row about normal, about noting the small beauties of the every day. I am easi...

Going to sleep is better, but as waking up has become a habit of late; I suppose that appreciating how very wondrous it is could lead to les...

Sometimes a girl's gotta' call in the troops, or the stronger arms with shovels. To illustrate: you take a shivering friend of your ...

The question "WHY" is the one most asked the world over when a human who is lucky enough to live in a perfectly comfortable home d...

  Dear Reader, I may have mentioned that we are in the midst of big, fascinating changes in our home. Today is my birthday and I am about to...

"A year ago"...just the words are evocative of so much for every human on the planet, but they feel particularly poignant today, a...

As my husband and I prepare to launch the first of a half a dozen French programs I have been dreaming up for years now, the topic on my min...

My mind was occupied almost the entire time my body was participating in my gym class this morning;  chattering a mile a minute in time to t...

Back in the dutch oven with you. I gave the weepy sauce a mournful look, but then instantly it came to me that this year, it was OK.  This i...

The most extraordinary thing just happened, and you should know all about it. I would not have believed it if you told me it could happen, a...