“Do you miss your friend?” “Yeah. We made up a walk together.” He jumped down on the floor, laid on his back, and pulled himself up like a backwards crab and started to walk. My sons are in a classroom where 1st and 2nd graders are together — so the kids get a chance to [...]
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Life is stressful at school. I’ll say nothing about the tragedy here, except that many of the parents in our school district are covering topics with our children that we shouldn’t have to touch… ever. As a result, my first and third grader asked to come home for lunch… and I was more than happy [...]
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Heavy rains throughout last year’s harvest made it nearly impossible to pick pumpkins in the field. As a result, I was unable to find pie pumpkins after Halloween, and there were no cans of pumpkin on grocery store shelves to get me through the holiday season. Do you remember that last year? And you thought [...]
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They are from our neighbor’s “bean tree.” I have another give-away going on this week. Read more here.
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My first “mommy I’m sick call” came yesterday while I was in the checkout line in the grocery store. (Same exact place I was standing two years ago when I received another sick call.) I pulled out a tube of these “sugar pills,” Boiron Oscillococcinum, which, yes they do taste like sugar — but are [...]
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Why is it when I try this at home (this photo is from House Beautiful), that my books look like a disheveled mess? There must be an unseen science to this kind of organization.
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She left the auditorium in a hurry — not wanting to dole out any details. The first woman came up from behind her and asked, “Do you need meals?” No, she said. “Let us know what you do need, and we’ll get it for you.” The second woman telephoned to fish for information. Yet, she [...]
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I have a serious fetish with radishes. If I’m out driving around running errands, you will see a bag of freshly washed radishes beside me so I can munch on them when I’m driving around. I munch on radishes while I cook, and sometimes while I’m reading. I love the cold, crisp earthy taste. Depending [...]
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Sometime between back-to-school and labor day, the lake turned — or flipped bottom up. The sun had warmed the water on top of the lake so much that the cooler water below gained enough momentum to actually flip the lake, bringing everything that lives in the deeper part of the lake (80 or so feet) [...]
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