Growing up in a family of girls, the ways of boys were always a bit of a mystery for me. Since raising three of my own, I understand them more, […]
Sticking With It
Undeniably, some people live extraordinarily eventful lives, but for most of us, life rolls along in a blur of sameness, the usual round of tasks, most days fairly like the […]
For Stormy Weather
[Image by Brook Burling.] My boys and I are spending a year with Emily Dickinson. We read poetry every day together, and she stashed away enough in her boxes under […]
The Lost Shoe
Have you ever noticed that it is only when the family is in a hurry that the lost shoe phenomenon occurs? How one cannot be in the vicinity of its […]
Call It Courage
As I laze on my front porch in the sweltering humidity of a summer’s day in Virginia, I find myself wishing for the frigid waters of Lake Michigan where I […]
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