Our September began with a gift. We were able to spend time as a family with extended family at a place very dear to us. The kids found all sort of “nature studies,” and I accidentally had about 14 acorns rattling around in my dryer at one point in time, …
“When a pretty young woman wanted her portrait painted, she wanted it within a reasonable length of time. If Leonardo kept her waiting until she got a lot older, she naturally complained about him to her friends. And in other ways, too, Leonardo was difficult. He would accept an advance payment …
Sam Kelly & The Lost Boys are singing softly while I knit and our oldest reads. He’s reading about a sea voyage where a ship is struck in two. I’m certain there will be a heroic ending (because isn’t there always?!), but he’s biting his nails in anticipation. I’m sure …
“I take the backpack. I open the book. I close the notebook. Watch me. What are you doing? Excuse me. Are you American?” French phrases are rolling over and over in my head as I try to prepare for both moving to France and teaching a language I don’t know for homeschool. Isn’t it …
We’ve taken down our Christmas tree. It feels so sacrilegious to breathe a sigh of relief as all remnants of Christmas decor are put away for another year. But the house feels so fresh and clean and void of clutter. Filled with intention and purpose, as it were. One of …
