For Valentine’s Day, the girls and I signed up for a little nature walk and project at Brookside Gardens.  The problem was, we went to the wrong building on the grounds.  By the time we figured that out I was winded and flustered. I had words with another elderly lady thus making me flustered, and I was winded from the… View Post

A few days ago, I got an email from someone asking me if she could write a guest post on this blog. I don’t know who she is, and she didn’t tell me why she wanted to write on my blog.  I wrote her back and thanked her for her interest, and then asked her how she found my blog…. View Post

When I was growing up, I heard a lot about how bad MTV was for the kids.  Watching too much Kid ‘N Play can harm the brain.  Something about that guy’s hair and how high it was caused confusion in teenage brains, thus being unable to carry on a conversation or execute algebra problems. The same thing happens when you… View Post

The difficult part about Paula’s book are the practices each day – clean out a junk drawer, scrub a neglected corner, give away something, set up a prayer corner.  They don’t sound all that bad, but when paired with the meditation, the act of each practice ways heavily on me.  I’m not saying this is a bad thing, just a… View Post

Hadley likes to leave notes around the house, mostly to remind her of things she’d like to do. The above message is a reminder to bring in items for show and tell when she is the Star Student.  She created this note about six days before her day to be a star occurred. A few days ago she walked past… View Post