Sometimes it is surprising what is in your own back yard. I never knew that the Andres Institute existed until my sister invited us on a hike. It is a fantastic place full of innovative sculptures as divergent from one
Sculpture Mountain
Confessions of a Recovering Grammar Snob
Isn’t it funny how God uses our kids’ struggles to point out our own glaring issues. It is like looking in a funhouse mirror: “You’d better stop yelling or … !” Did I really just yell that? “Sweetheart, I have
A Forager’s Harvest
Foraging for food is becoming a lost art, which is really sad because there is a lot of (expensive) food growing wild in our backyards free for the taking. Elderberries hanging heavy in bushes, greens underfoot, syrup flowing in the
How to Inspire Great Interactive Projects
Our countertop is currently full of hot glue and bottle caps, and surrounded by smiles. That doesn’t sound like a math project does it? It is, I promise. It has taken my boy two entire summers to collect those caps,
Black Thumb
As everyone knows, I am the world’s worst gardener. Seriously, it is bad. I have a total of one indoor plant that I haven’t yet managed to kill, and that is a bomb-proof Jade plant. I’ve made it shrivel multiple
The Wonders of Nature
Is there anything more calming and fascinating than a nature walk?