Spring is here. All around us the tiniest most determined green things are bursting into bud & bloom. The songbirds are the last one...

 We all took advantage of the mild spring weather today to work outside getting some raised beds put together for the garden.  I guess mor...

I. In a different time a long ago life where bare feet tiptoed through wild forests soft and soundless against carpets of ageless moss w...

When Eli was growing in my belly I was pretty sure he was a boy.  So sure, in fact that when Loren announced "It's a girl!" at...

This week as I was picking up some seed starting mix at the local garden center a bag of bulbs caught my eye: Lily of the Valley (that...

The sun has been shining and the weather has been trying to fool us into thinking spring is finally here.  It's not.  Not in early March...

As I write this I am enjoying a quiet house (Loren put himself to bed with the kids) and a cup of herbal tea.  There have been very few mom...