Dear Readers: Where I Am and Where This is Going
Dear readers, Let me begin by saying that I love you. And I love everything you come for on this blog–ducks, and chickens, and goats, and quail, and homeschooling, and […]
Dear readers, Let me begin by saying that I love you. And I love everything you come for on this blog–ducks, and chickens, and goats, and quail, and homeschooling, and […]
I want to tell you a story. It happened a few years ago, when we looked into placing Eli in a school. Let me tell you about Eli. He’s incredibly bright. […]
Growing up, I watched Mom vacuum all the floors, Grandma wash all the laundry, women in the kitchen at every family function while the men sat and talked in the […]
I’m sitting across from Grandma at the motor home table. We’re on our way to Sierra Bible Camp. Her hands are crossed demurely in front of her, her face tranquil […]
Dear World, I wanted to do something really special for my 40th birthday. 40 Letters of Gratitude. 40 Acts of Kindness. Something. But man, that seemed like a lot of […]
Every day, I say approximately ten thousand things to my children. Most of them are variations of “PLEASE bring the volume down,” “Where is the dadgum tape?” and “Stop gaping at […]
In a surreal turn of events that I am having a hard time processing: At almost the exact time today that one of my sons was saying goodbye to the […]
Dear Son, You’ve heard everything in this letter before, and so I can already see in your eyes the dull look and hear your steady voice, “I know, Mom. You […]
Watch Eli (age 9) explain about losing a baby chicken before it hatches. WARNING: Graphic images. Not for the faint of heart. It’s a sad fact of raising chickens that sometimes […]
Rule #1: Don’t. Unless. But mostly don’t. Sally Sunshine explains why, how it probably doesn’t need help and you are likely to kill the baby trying, and provides detailed instructions […]