Teacher Corona
School is now the same place as the legos and refrigerator. If the classroom is distracting for my sons imagine being quarantined
New Beginnings
I'm beginning a new chapter with my blog. You may have noticed I have made a few changes, added new categories. As my blog title Woman...
Freaky Friday
My son told me he didn't think I worked hard. He didn't think parents work as hard as kids. This was after I asked him to help load the...
Interruption and Essential Virtues Found in 18th Century French Fairy Tales
I was reading alone on the balcony. Having the time of my life. Then this girl shows up. She sidles up to me, book in hand. She begins...
Ambition
I’m an idealist. “Anything is possible if you believe” and “love conquers all” is my philosophy. As a kid I was determined to marry a...
The Twig and the Anchor
Today was the first day of school. Not my children's first day of school ever but the first day of school for my two 4th graders and my...
Summer Cabin Fever
I'm on the balcony lounging under a canvas shade, treating myself to a book. I am lounging with great enthusiasm; it could be say I am an...
Interior
My college professor once said that interior design is the greatest art form. He was a film professor. His point was that creating a home...
Excuses
Here's why I wasn't able to write a blog post this week: I was picking wildflowers in the meadow near my home. I have a dead rat in my...
Native
A group of crows is called a murder. A group of butterflies is called a kaleidoscope. There are gaggles of flightless geese. Once they...
Still
Son: (helping sister tape paper decorations) That's it. You got it, girl. A few days later... Same Son: (to his sister) You don't care...