Over at her Foothill Home recently, my friend Molly posted her summer to-do list. Inspiring. Mr. T had already started his list, so I combined his with mine, and here’s what we have so far. Swim with friends and family. Often. Have a puzzle going at all times. (Stolen from Molly. Check!) Make good things [...]

Last fall I had an email conversation with Lori of Camp Creek, on my woes about writing and trying to build a blog audience. She had plenty of good advice, including something along the lines of Twitter is where it’s at. Twitter! No way. Twitter rubbed me the wrong way from the start. A platform [...]

A local teenage friend from a neighboring homeschooling group had a wonderful story on NPR the other day, about his life as an unschooler. Mr. T, Chris and I listened together. Before the story was even finished, T wondered aloud, “Am I an unschooler?” “Well, not exactly,” I told him, when the story ended. I [...]

Surely this photo is more interesting than the expected stack-of-books photo. I just put it here ’cause I like it. It was the view from our patio the other night, the sort of view that makes you reflect on anything good you might be reading, and think deep, literary thoughts. And then realize that it [...]

For one thing, it was sunny, after days of grey clouds. There were corn cherry scones from Arizmendi. And some wonderful sheep’s milk ricotta drizzled with our own honey. And strawberries. Good music played. Some DeVotchKa. And the new Fleet Foxes that’s been in heavy rotation. There were presents. Things that any May baby would [...]

I’ve been meaning to report back on how Mr. T’s ultimate guide turned out. Rather than writing The Ultimate Guide to the Trojan War as he’d planned, he titled his opus The Ultimate Guide to the Ancient World. Why just cover one little war when you can take on the entire ancient world? His plan [...]