I have a calendar hanging on my closet door that I use to plan my outfits each week. (Yes, I do. Because I love clothes. I love to shop. I love to get dressed. When we got to the part in the story when Adam and Eve found out they were naked, I screamed – internally of course because I’m… View Post

Leo Lionni’s Alphabet Tree goes like this: there’s a bunch of letters hanging out on the leaves of a tree, and everything’s going well until a gust of wind and then a gale blows so hard that some of the letters get blown away. The rest are terrified, so they huddle together in a jumbled mess in the middle of… View Post

Here’s a round up of books we’ve read in the library last week: I read Z is for Moose by Kelly Bingham to preschoolers and Kindergarteners. This is my favorite alphabet book. A bunch of animals, food, and other items want to put on a play about the alphabet. Obviously, they will do this in alphabetical order, but Moose is incredibly… View Post

It is hot at the soccer game, and Harper’s playing goalie and I’m not sure which is stressing me out more. I should be used to this – the slow fluctuation of the transition into fall, and watching my kids defend a ball. Every year though, it is difficult. Fall will arrive on its own sweet time, no matter my… View Post

The cicadas’ song outside is louder than I remember and I’m wondering now if they’re not singing for mates, but that this is a warning – not even a lament – an electric, vibrating, siren call that it’s closing time. Summer’s ending. The last days bring with them an urgency that I don’t feel in June and July, and I… View Post