One of the questions I get asked the most often is “How do you get it all done?” I don’t. It’s all an illusion….a mirage. Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain. There. After that confession, my post for the day is done, right? Check one thing off …
He saw clearly how plain and simple–how narrow, even–it all was; but clearly, too, how much it all meant to him, and the special value of some such anchorage in one’s existence. He did not at all want to abandon the new life and its splendid spaces, to turn his …
Sometimes it’s fun to share just a few snippets of unrelated things. Yes, I’m aware this makes for a “bad” blog post, according to all the rules that be for blogging. But I enjoy seeing just tiny fractions of others’ days (“day in the life of” posts, “what we’re using …
One of the things in life I regret is a missed opportunity. When we were first married, we lived in low-income housing. We had our share of our adventures (mostly run-ins with the police, fire department, and other law enforcement) that we joke about now, but I also missed out …
“I shouldn’t think even millionaires could eat anything nicer than new bread and real butter and honey for tea.” ― Dodie Smith, I Capture the Castle One of the things I’ve been trying to teach my kids is that gifts don’t need to be store-bought. It’s the spirit of the gift that …
