The after-dinner dishes looked so pretty with the late sun filtering though the window that I felt compelled to take a picture instead of...

It's been a crazy month, hence my recent absence from the blogosphere. Lots of things going on around here: teaching pottery classes at ...

First, you need to get him his purple fleece blanket, and lots of teddy bears.  Boxers love teddy bears. Then he's probably going to wan...

The holiday season is upon us.  Walk into any place of commerce (large or small) and you are apt to see a plethora of gaudy, disposable Hall...

Gosh. This could have saved me lots of time as an English teacher. the rest of the comic (What we should have been taught in our Senior year...

When Sadie woke up from her nap today she asked to go bye-bye.  My one-year-old gets cooped up too.  Since the boys were out in the country,...

 I have to admit, this has been kind of a bad week for escalating stress over tasks that seem to be piling up around the household.  A coupl...

”I will mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy. Returning hate for hat...

1. 6 inches of new snow in April 2. When you are painting kiln wash onto kiln shelves and a big blob of it splashes directly into your eyeba...

is the first day since Sadie was born that I haven't done a single load of laundry.  Not a one.  And it wasn't for lack of having l...

because I do. Sometimes I just stare at them because they look like little tiny worlds...and then I get to thinking that maybe they are li...

e I love it when someone gets a hold of your camera so when you go to upload your photos this is what you find: Poor Sadie, she's so con...