by Kara | Nov 11, 2020 | Homeschool
When I sent my kids to school two years ago after many years of homeschooling, what I grieved most was the loss of Morning Time. It was the heart of our homeschool and consequently of our family. And though I had vague intentions of maybe trying to keep it up on...
by Kara | May 19, 2020 | Reflections
“It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness.” ~Eleanor Roosevelt This morning I woke up to rain drumming the roof, a dreary Monday, the 70-somethingth day of quarantine, ahead of me a full day helping five kids do school at home and doing...
by Kara | Oct 25, 2019 | Autumn, Recipes
“I cannot endure to waste anything so precious as autumnal sunshine by staying in the house. So I have spent almost all the daylight hours in the open air. ~Nathaniel Hawthorne Autumn and its burnished beauty never disappoints. I find myself asking as I drive...
by Kara | Oct 18, 2019 | Autumn, Country Living, Garden, Go Local, Recipes, Squash
Over the past few years, the fever-pitch over Pumpkin Everything has reached epidemic levels. I don’t mind, as I think it is one of the most versatile, delicious, inexpensive, healthy add-ins to almost anything. I make pumpkin muffins and breads, pumpkin...
by Kara | Aug 26, 2019 | Mom-Hack Monday
Summer afternoon — summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language. ~Henry James The wonderful lazy afternoons of summer are winding down and we will be back in full-routine next week when school starts....
