This Makes Me Laugh
1. The idea that someone is still opening emails from Nigeria2. Facebook IQ tests that have misspelled words.3. IQ tests4. Emails with "non-spam" in the subject heading.5. Hearing someone scream,…
Togetherness
Having lived away from my family for several years, I try to make the most of being back at my hometown. What a blessing to be able to sit on…
There is a Person Under That Basket
On my list of favorite things about being a mom is that I've got at least 18 good years of hide and seek before me. And I am the master.…
Through My Daughter’s Eyes
When my daughter was born everything about my life came into focus. If ever I had trouble sensing the choice and the value of each of my actions, if ever…
Our Home: Before and After
I am a homemaker, and the home I make is in a small, sometimes cluttered, old house that we love. I found these photos of it before we moved in.…
Making House a Home
This was my favorite summer cottage in Maine. Like the ultimate playhouse, it has so many of the surface elements that I love packed into one camp house: cedar shingles,…
Things I Learned Over the Summer
A reminder for those days when I feel like everything I do is undone in a moment after school, nothings seems accomplished, and I'm going to bed in a messy…
Hand-Me-Down Seeds
It's my first time to save seeds from my little garden. The little garden that could. I ordered heirloom seeds and a book on growing and harvesting seeds. When they…
Accidental Cantaloupe
This is Garden Magic. I didn't choose to go the melon route, but it chose me. I'm poking around in the last little bits of summer garden and find something…
Happy Birthday, Dad
He grew up in a poor family of 11 on what was literally the wrong side of the tracks- the country side. The country kids swam in the city's reservoir…