The blog has gone silent. Homeschool has been pared down to just the essentials. (A good thing to do, periodically, right?) I went a whole week eating mainly smoked apple & sage vegan sausage with mustard. It made sense at the time. I went a whole month during which chocolate sounded unappealing. Someone rang the doorbell unexpectedly last week (not […]
Category: I am a mother
A 10 Year Journal – Highly recommended for parents of young children
I’m about to start my fifth year of a “Ten Year Journal” and I can now say that using this journal has had a tremendously positive impact on my parenting. Way back here I asked for advice on how best to record my days as a mother to young children. I ultimately decided to start a Ten Year Journal on […]
Lily, Our First, But Not Our Last, Pet Snail
Free, low-maintenance, a great listener, patient, always willing to be held, low mess… could it be? Yes, we had the perfect pet. Meet Lily. Growing up, my mom paid me a nickel a piece to kill snails in our yard. But last November, my daughter and her cousin found a baby snail in the yard and I surprised myself by […]