Laura Ingalls Wilder or Jane Austin? Log cabin set in the American prairies or victorian mansion in the English countryside? Two very different settings, and yet I have always found a love for both. There is something so wonderful about getting lost in someone else’s story, set in a different time in history. There is…
As I am sitting at my desk attempting to get some work done, my phone keeps beeping. Most of my notifications turned off means that what comes through generally requires attention. Both my boys are in school, but they still manage to interrupt my day with access to phones. “Mom, can you remind me to…….?”“Mom,…
As we attempt this journey to return to pre-pandemic “normal,” it seems that the rhythms that once worked are no longer working for many of us. Have you felt it? This push to return to “normal,” only to find the things that have returned to what was, feel far from normal? Perhaps it is because,…
A great deal of our lives is made up of tasks. The little details and habits of daily life, carried out with a sense of pleasure and beauty, can be just as important to us as the tea ceremony is to the Japanese. The way you handle the details of a meal or a bath,…
There was a season in my life where I would wake early and not stop until I crashed each night. After getting myself ready for the day, it was on to get the kids up and ready for school, drop off kids at school, then teach preschoolers all morning, and afterward head to a second…
We live in a hidden gem, a small circle of houses tucked away, inside city limits, but unnoticed by most. Our little circle sometimes feels as if it lives in the past, with children and dogs playing outside until dusk calls them in. It’s the kind of neighborhood where we can walk next door and…
