Homeschooling vs. School-homing

While drinking my morning tea on April Fools’ Day, I stumbled across an article entitled, “Increasing Number of Parents Opting to Have Their Children School-Homed.”
It’s from The Onion, a fake newspaper/news site, full of satire and spoofs of current culture.  And while I can’t recommend the site in general (it ranges from the completely innocuous [...]

A Season of Pictures- Feb 12

Helpful Tips for Cooking for a Crowd

Allison Thorp is the maven of “cooking for a crowd”. I asked her to give us some help as we launch into the holiday season.- Vicki
I have been asked to share some advice on cooking for large family gatherings.  Although I am certainly no expert, I have had a fair amount of experience with this [...]

How to Live With Dust Bunnies and Enjoy Them

“I learned how to live with dust bunnies and enjoy it.”
I always like to feel I am contributing something useful to other folks’ lives. So that is what my sister-in-law gleaned a few years back, when she and her family stayed with us for a couple of weeks while they waited for their new house [...]

The Banana Peel at the Starting Line

by Sabrina Justison

The runner is in place.
Her shoes are double-knotted, her muscles stretched and warm, her body hydrated. She is wearing her favorite color of spandex, and her ponytail feels secure. Every muscle tensed, she waits for the sound of the starter pistol.
But just as that pistol fires, some troublemaking knucklehead tosses a [...]