We’re in Los Angeles, to visit colleges with H. We’re hanging out at the beach. And doing all the touristy stuff. And being silly. It’s kinda fun, visiting places from my college days. Even though that was ages ago, some spots are still the same. Tomorrow, USC’s film school.
Four days later. Happy Easter!
Despite all my Waldorf guilt, there are still some Waldorf-y traditions we keep. For years now, in the week before Easter, the kids and I have made and planted an Easter garden. We take an old pan, and fill it with soil. We add a “tree” cut from the branch of a real tree, a [...]
The latest installment in My Year of Excellent Essayists project. random notes: You may or may not have heard of Sue Hubbell. I chose her because she wrote a wonderful book called A Book of Bees…and How to Keep Them, which I read a couple of years ago when I became curious about beekeeping. Since [...]
Lately, Mr. T has been spending a lot of time with Ed Emberley. I have my own fond memories from the 70’s of checking out armloads of Ed Emberley books from the bookmobile that parked near the tennis courts, in the suburban tract where I lived. I never thought of myself as able to draw, [...]
I never got around to writing an atwitter post last month, so there’s more to share this month. A few of the things that have me all worked up these days: beekeeping. About ten years ago, we planted our front hillside with more than sixty lavender plants. Every July the hillside is smothered in bees, [...]
Our homeschooling group hosts a history fair every year and I love it. I love talking to kids who are excited with what they’re learning about. I love seeing the handiwork of little hands. (Those are Mr. T’s hands and planets.) A collection of Native American dwellings. I love seeing the creativity of their displays. [...]