I made myself a little writing spot. I started by collecting all my materials. Then we took a trip to IKEA to create this: This might be my favorite spot in our home. Somebody else likes to work in here, too. The other night I was sitting at my desk and she walked in the room. “Mama?  Are you writing?”… View Post

For Lent, I will be reading the book Simplifying the Soul by Paula Huston.  You can read a great interview about the book here on Sara Zarr’s blog. I particularly enjoyed reading Sara’s thoughts on the way Paula can challenge us without making us feel “like a big fat loser/sinner.”  Loser SLASH sinner.  Not a good combo. However, I completely… View Post

Hadley and some friends went to The Black Rock Center for the Arts to see a musical. The story started out with a boy singing the wonders of playing video games with zombies in them, and how much more fun that is than reading.  Nonetheless, his mother wanted him to read a book so he decided on five or six… View Post

Harper sometimes likes to take a clipboard with a picture she is working on along with her when we go to pick Hadley and Maya up from school.  Last week, as Maya was getting out of the car, she looked at what Harper was working on and said, “Woah.  That is really good.” “That IS really good, Harper,” I say. … View Post

The nice think about this blog is you are just not sure what you are going to get when you come visit.  Is Callie going to talk about gym shorts?  Will she talk about the time she called an elderly lady a jerk? Perhaps you’ll stop by and read about Harper squashing a caterpillar on a warm spring day.  The… View Post