The March Perspective

The March Perspective

March is not my favorite month. It's definitely not spring and it's not the crystalline beauty of January either. It's... March. Melting snow. Freezing snow. Falling snow. Dirty snow. Some days feel like honest-to-goodness winter, the morning temperatures hover at 0F. And other days you feel sweaty and overdressed in ...

Creative Ebb & Flow ~ The Knit of Family Life (Yarn Along)

Creative Ebb & Flow ~ The Knit of Family Life (Yarn Along)

Thoughts on being knit together as a family.

The Boy Turns 11

The Boy Turns 11

Laurent's birthday this year (last weekend, right before the kids got sick) was fairly low-key. Part of that is being new to a place so there isn't a long list of friends to invite. Part of it is that Laurent is just a really easy going guy and generally easy ...

The Weekend Edition ~ Winter Tired

The Weekend Edition ~ Winter Tired

I got the beans started cooking on the stove before I sat down this morning. I need to make a batch of chili for an early lunch. No baked apples this morning, not enough time to do both apples and chili, all before 11:00am. The kids are going tubing this ...

Just a wee bit more 'o the white stuff

Just a wee bit more 'o the white stuff

Photos from last weekend's snow storm. What does the world look like where you live?

Ira Glass on the Creative Process

Ira Glass on the Creative Process

In my last weekend edition I shared this link. Some of you might have watched it already but I also know that not everyone checks out each link - who has the time? This video is only 2 minutes and it is so encouraging to me. It describes much of ...

Series Posts

Series Posts

Over the years I've written a few series of posts. Some evolved into series, others were started with grand intentions, took a back burner for a while (homeschooling the elementary years for example - I'm hoping to complete that sometime before our youngest hits high school) and even others I ...