When I began to understand that my daughter fit the description of a highly-sensitive child, I also realized some new things about myself. When someone pointed out that my daughter was probably gifted/2e, I started to notice things about myself. Then …
David knew when he was still quite young that he would be an artist or architect of some kind. I knew from an early age that I was good with words and wanted to be a writer (but ended up a teacher for reasons of economic practicality). So two …
I haven’t blogged much lately and partly that is because I’ve simply been focused on enjoying my life and practicing what I preach here about living a life of peace, understanding, joy, and beauty. I’ve been spending more time with …
Good Night, Little Bear was one of Caroline’s favorite stories for a stretch of time. This classic Little Golden Book has many things to love. Just as with the two surprising reasons I loved the Little Bear television series and DVDs, there is …
Creativity is an often admired but frequently misunderstood trait. Most of the time it doesn’t matter if creative people are misunderstood. They simply go about their business and accept that not everyone is going to understand them. It might …
Two Little Gardeners is a Little Golden Book we discovered when Caroline was quite young. You can tell from the fact that our beloved copy has no trademark gold covering left on the spine that it was, shall we say, well read and well loved. …
I mentioned in my last newsletter that David and I had decided I was going to focus more on my health, home, and homeschooling and less on business. We both realized I needed to take a break because I have been going too hard for too long. So that is …
Understood Betsy was one of my favorite novels when I was girl. But (to be perfectly honest) I didn’t read it for a very long time and in the process kind of forgot why it was a favorite. When I read it again, it all came back to me why I loved …
The Year at Maple Hill Farm combines two fun themes – farm animals and going through a calendar year. The combined talents and distinctive style of Alice and Martin Provenson shine through in this wonderfully illustrated picture book. There is …
Fun fact about our home: When our Christmas tree is up, we cannot see our television. No kidding. There is really only one place we can put our Christmas tree and it blocks our view of the TV. So we don’t watch TV from Thanksgiving to Epiphany …
I happened upon Bunny’s Book Club at the local bookstore one afternoon. It was another one of those love at first sight type books that I decided to bring home. Written by Annie Silvestro and illustrated by Tatjana Mai-Wyss, it’s a cute …
This website has gone through so many names and approaches over the past fourteen years and, consequently, I’ve added and removed content regularly. Now that I’ve finally settled on what I’m doing (and blogging gurus can go jump in …
