Mother’s Day?
For some of us, Mother’s Day is a less than celebratory occasion. My mother was a complicated, mangled, shiny train …
Category Archives: parenting
Who We Are
I’ve been actively homeschooling for 24 years. Twenty-four continuous years of homeschooling my children. Jeez, that is a long time. And …
Do As I Say or Dreams As Lessons
I dreamed I was guiding an outdoor meditation in a city park, with a group of familiar students. As I …
Holiday Time or Less Is More
Less is more. Our tree is more sparsely decorated each year, with lights and just a few ornaments now. This year, …
The Purpose of Playing
Tonight, I’m sitting in an upstairs room in the Highland Park home where our Play Reading group takes place. Downstairs, …
How to Cry Through a City
During the summer of 2014, my middle child, Jake, gave me a gift: Jake wanted me to take a …
Honeymoon
My son Jarrod and his wife Heather married on Saturday (July 19, 2014). I stayed at their home for 7 …
Single or Cupid is a Shyster
I’ve not dated in a very long time. And when I say, “very long time”, what I mean to say …
Busy Day *
8/8 Tiny grandson visited for a while. What fun! When I brought him home, I traded him for a visit …
4 Year Old *
8/8/14 Wulfgang visited today. He’s 4. We’ve caught and inspected a tiny grasshopper. We let him go. We’ve eaten pears …
