This is the time for small. Not vast. Small. Like three or four pints of apricot jam, not twenty. Like a garden of one zucchini plant,...

Well, feeling the baby halfway through this pregnancy is awesome. I sit down in my bedroom reading chair and lift my big legs onto the...

One mid-July evening, when the jewel colors of the Chehalis and Wishkah rivers and the hills of Douglas Firs sparkle their brightest, Dad...

I recently took a trip back to Indiana to visit family and friends. It was only my fourth time back to visit the land of my husband’s...

I set out to make 2019 the year of writing and of reading Shakespeare. I've been plugging away on my laid out plans to do just that when...

I’ve been musing over what I’ve been training my toddlers to do, and why. This is kind of a journal entry of sorts, marking for myself...

Recently a wise woman told me to ask more questions. I thought this great advice but I asked her why anyway. “It’s the only way to love...

I read this morning that some people write after they have a clear plan, and some write with no plan. For that second group, the plan...

We blow them, one or four at a time Rainbow balls bursting forth Sparkling in the sun What a treat to see your little lips puckering Your...

When I was a little girl I used to dance nearly every day. I spent hours with the CD player blasting Strauss waltzes or Tschaikowsky...

Once I was told this rule of thumb: How you end one thing is how you’ll begin the next thing. It might sound a little woo-woo, but I...

I have been recently re-immersed in my paternal family’s history. I’ve always loved the story of their immigration to Hoquiam, Washington...

It happens to all of us. We mean to stay inspired and we do, for a while. And then we get tired and suddenly we wonder, “Will I ever get...

About a year and a half ago my husband and I loaded up our two little babies in the double stroller and walked to an estate sale about 2...

Keep a green bough in your heart and the singing bird will come. (Chinese Proverb) Have you ever just made a list of the things that...

Not long ago some of our family was gathered at an Uncle and Aunt’s home for dinner. We had a discussion about prayer and why we close...

I first heard this idea about three years ago; it’s from British Philosopher Charlotte Mason’s theory of education. She was an educator...

It has been a fantastic year of reading! I have never read so many books in a year and each one was purposefully chosen for growth and...

“I criticize by creation, not by finding fault.” Cicero It’s true that it’s really easy and even fun to jump on the bandwagon of your...

Last Saturday night my husband and I opened a bottle of Dom Perignon Champagne. We were celebrating several things: my husband’s...