I spent a LOT of time last school year researching books to buy for the high school library I almost had to create from nothing. Hours and h...

Friday   Short version: Leftover meatballs, spaghetti with pesto, leftover bull stew, raw radishes Long version: I was putting the pesto ove...

I was reminiscing with my children the other day about when I first got my driver's license. I told them that one of the best things abo...

We went to our friends' house on Thursday, and were the happy recipients of three boxes of small apricots harvested the day before. Tiny...

I am in an ongoing battle with my children to not leave their books spread open upside down when they're not reading them. Bookmarks, ch...

Friday   Short version: Tuna salad, snow peas, giant dark-chocolate egg Long version: It was hot and kind of muggy, so I didn't actually...

Our neighbors kindly offered us four extra roosters this past weekend, which A. picked up and duly killed on Saturday. It was cool enough fo...