Two of my friends and I set out one blustery Friday April afternoon from St. Paul, Minnesota for Sioux Falls, South Dakota. We were excited...

 I meant to post about the garden all summer long, but life was so busy that I had no time for this blog. I was first consumed in home sch...

1. Happy Friday! Home schooling has made me love Fridays more than ever. It makes my weekdays fuller, and makes the weekends more of a b...

It has been a long crazy last couple of weeks here. A lot of things have happened, and I have had no time for blogging...

These all came from the garden. Yum! 1. I am really soaking up summer right now. I don't really want it ever to end: sunshine, warm...

1. Do you ever feel like your child does not really have a birthday unless you tell the whole internet world? G turned six nearly two weeks...

1. This week my mind has been largely elsewhere, thinking and praying for peace in St. Louis where I grew up, and praying for all of those i...

1. It was 97% humidity here when we woke up this morning. It was like breathing water. I am not sure how the weather manages to do that wit...

1. Friday is not my day for writing quick takes. We had a play date in the morning, which involved 14 children of philosophers. It was pret...

1. Blogger's Log (Stardate: today!): So, apparently I have to write quick takes every Friday, because my sister and brother so look forw...