Time and What You Do With It
New experiences imbue our time with an intensity that makes a few hours feel like a long stretch of days. A different […]
Imagine If You Can: Motherhood Without Instagram
There’s a foolproof way as a woman to ensure that you get rest when it is required for physical healing. There’s a […]
Unintended Profundity: Paris Hilton on Birth, Death, and What We Fear Most
Well, folks, she’s done it again. An oracle of our age, a woman whose uttered wisdom exceeds the limitations of her public […]
Elizabeth Goudge’s “The Little White Horse” and the Power of Children Being Themselves
After reading Elizabeth Goudge’s “The Linnets and Valerians,” we were excited to try her highly recommended children’s book “The Little White Horse.” […]
Is it “puttering” that makes a house a home?
Many a homemaker has despaired of ever living in a place of beauty. There is always something to be cleaned, something to […]
Motherhood “In the Trenches”: Reassessing the Language of War
When a mother describes the daily care of babies and toddlers there’s an expression used to capture the experience: she might say […]
Propagating Success
Someone recently asked if I was actually a plant person or if I just pretended for my blog. An interesting query. Plants […]
Astrid Lindgren’s “Mio, My Son” and the Immersive World of Fairy Tales
Astrid Lindgren, a Swedish author perhaps best known for her zany tales of Pippi Longstocking, offers a wide range of genres in […]
From Shipping Container to Landfill: The Sad Story of Many Christmas Presents
For the curmudgeon in us, there was plenty to kvetch about this Christmas. The mysterious powers that be in the regulation of […]
B.B.’s “The Little Grey Men”: Delight in Nature and in Story
Years ago, I read in a clipping from a magazine that Julie Andrews’ favorite book in childhood was B.B.’s “The Little Grey […]