I am a big believer in the power of home. The presence of the people that you love can make any place home. I’m not…
To Your Health
One thing that’s been on my mind a lot lately is health. (Gee, I wonder why.) This has been a super challenging year for me physically.…
From A Distance
Of all of the unique challenges that come with large family life— the abbreviated appliance life cycles, the hunt for a vehicle big enough to…
Priority Tetris
It’s funny how a disruption to routine, well… disrupts your routine. For several years now, I’ve blogged in the wee morning hours, in relative quiet,…
The Good, the Best
There was never really a chance that this spring would look anything like the springs of years past. Life with a newborn would be enough…
The Big Blue Chair
A few months ago, a dear friend gifted us an upholstered blue rocking chair that she was retiring. We took it eagerly; we always need…
And Soon, Spring
I looked ahead in the extended forecast and saw the most terribly thrilling thing promised: spring.
Cold and Warm and Back Again
Someone recently shared that they felt the temperatures in East Tennessee was something like Powerball: just random numbers thrown out in no particular order. And it’s…
January
As I write this, Decimus has the hiccups. Is there anything more amazing than a babe in utero hiccuping? No, there really isn’t. The last…
And… We’re Back
This week brings nearly all of our normal rhythm back into play, with the added wrinkle of it also being the last week the college…