Making Home
The Color of Chaos
May 26, 2012
The chaos is actually over (for now). Our black trailer pulled out of the driveway yesterday and now sits at our next home, which we'll move into in early July. The boxes got packed and loaded. The bags for Montréal were packed and not loaded. Phone calls and e-mail for ...
Building a Small Space Homeschool Library
May 17, 2012
Why we want a small library and what we use to actually build those bookshelves.
Did I Mention our Life is Crazy Sometimes?
May 16, 2012
I know, from experience, it doesn't stay this way. This moment of craziness does not define my life. This flux and change, and creative problem solving, is part of the package of creating the life we want for our family.
Ready, Set... May (& We're Going To Montreal)
May 1, 2012
So, so much going on this month, where to start. The school books are now closed, and we're starting a two month break from our regular learning routine (all that stuff I wrote about in this curriculum post). Celine will continue with her self-directed studies and Damien will continue to ...
A Song from the Suds
April 29, 2012
As a writer, mother, cook, lover, homemaker, reader, adventurer, photographer, and everything else I do and am, I sometimes feel myself torn between three worlds. The world of my head. The world of my heart. The world of my hands. I love to read. To turn my mind to higher ...
Hello April, Please Be Kind
April 4, 2012
I have debated for days whether I should write this post. Every time I sit down to write I have at least ten ideas on the go vying for my attention. So if I take the time to write about how difficult the month of March was those other ideas ...
Return To Center
March 23, 2012
Everybody has their individual practices that ground them and bring their focus back to those most important things in life. Yesterday I needed to reconnect with mine. I needed to come back to center. (I do love this phrase from the yoga world, though I don't practice yoga.) Computers are ...
