A journal of art, photography, spirituality, ideas, books, movies, food, poetry & hope
Two New Paintings
Read moreLast night I was what my mom would have called “beside myself.” I was exhausted and would have gone...
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Movie Review: UP
Read moreI give the movie UP four stars. It was unexpectedly sweet with the courtship and relationship between Carl and...
More Photos of Moving Water
Read moreIt has been raining around here for over a month, almost literally every day. There has been so much...
At last: Photos of Hydrangeas in Our Yard!
Read moreI have wanted hydrangeas for a long time. This is the first year I have them blooming in our...
Another Page Done in My Box-A-Day Art Journal
Read moreThis page represents June 8, 2009 through June 19, 2009. See below for some close up photos from this...
Great Card Game: Phase 10
Read moreMy sisters and their families just left after being here since Friday for my daughter’s homeschool graduation. While they...
Homeschool Graduation Haiku
Read moreThe house is scrubbed clean For the big graduation All the books are shelved. A tent in the rain...
My Homeschool Daughter’s Graduation
Read moreWe had forty special people to our house today for my oldest daughter’s homeschool graduation ceremony. After homeschooling for...
Recipe: Apricot Squares
Read moreWe have made these literally hundreds of times. They are a particular favorite of my senior in High...
New Poem By Me: Reading Walden
Read moreReading Walden I remember when my sister had to read Walden by Thoreau; it was intolerable, excruciating, deafeningly exasperating...
Photos of Peonies in My Handmade Vase
Read moreI love peonies. My mother grew them and the first photograph below is one growing in our yard that...
Yeah! The “Book War” is Over for This Year!
Read moreThere are those in my local homeschooling network here that call me “the book maven.” I earned the title...
