When you set your dreams high, and you expend energy to do something great, you increase your chances for failures. You also increase your chances for success — but before the big harvest, my successes are still in question. Take for instance my sweet potato project. Over the dreary cold winter months, when I was [...]
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If you’re still using YouTube to watch the Panda Jump, or listen to the boy tell us Charlie bit him, you’re missing out. YouTube has become my virtual source of how-to for everything from fixing the oven to coming up with pranks to play on my kids. I spent a few years lost without my [...]
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The two of us sat outside, under an arched portico, at a marble table that was meant to seat ten. Next to us, there was a table of 6 giggling girls. They had stolen the chairs from our table, before we arrived, leaving us with a single padded wicker bench, curved to match the outline [...]
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I call this a restorative meal because of the nutrients in the broth and mushrooms; but primarily because it requires so little of my time and effort — and it uses up the leftovers! The formula is simple; simply pull out the leftover meat and veggies you have already your fridge, Always start with your [...]
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Flubber Hands are the latest invention in my family’s second journey into the world of mini-mall. Unique, and truly one of a kind, each latex glove is painstakingly filled with handcrafted flubber. (Yes, we do know the recipe by heart now.) Care is taken to ensure that each finger receives an equal distribution of flubber. [...]
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If you look closely into this prairie grass, you will see one of the most peaceful scenes, and best shot, of our weekend. This herd of deer ran in front of our car, just at twilight, at the sweet end of our three-hour journey, just as we were about to turn into our drive at [...]
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Between feeding children, laundry, homework, guitar lessons, doctors appointments, working, living and creating the next mini-mall, we are running to lacrosse, to soccer to track (PR, 16 feet 7 inches) to soccer. The common complaint is, “Why do we have to go to all of their stuff, and they never go to ours?” Yes, this [...]
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Rain is pouring down. This rain is the soothing kind, the constant steady patter of rain drops, splashing against the gutters, that lulls you to stay curled under the covers to listen, and think about how grateful the earth must be for this downpour. I have a sick child today, with one less child running [...]
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