January 21, 2014
My Mother is an anomaly. She makes beautiful quilts by hand — pre-machine style. She’s not unusual because she quilts… or crochets… Not because she embroidered bluebirds […]
March 8, 2010
A couple weeks ago my 12-year-old (who, coincidentally, reads on a late high school/early college level) brought home a permission slip from the local public middle […]
January 7, 2009
Every year, every January 1st, I have this great hope that the upcoming year will be a bright and beautiful one. For years, I’ve been less […]
November 25, 2008
I know, it’s an old topic with me, but I can’t help it… The holidays bring out the worst in me where the public school system […]
November 12, 2008
You would think, by now, I’d be old enough to know better… Sometimes, I expect the world to be fair and for other people to observe […]
November 10, 2008
I went to a mother-daughter conference this weekend with my daughter. Silly me, I thought it would be time we spent together — rather than time […]
November 5, 2008
To say I’m pleased with the election results would be a lie. I’m deeply concerned about this country, probably more so than I have ever been […]
September 8, 2008
I’d like to address this to the lovely woman (and her understandably quiet, seemingly embarrassed husband) who took little screaming Junior to Wild Oats in Lexington, […]
March 6, 2008
Recent news out of California may threaten all homeschooling parents. The appellate court recently ruled that parents aren’t the appropriate teachers for their own children. Apparently, […]