Where The Mountain Meets The Moon

Guest Blogger: Olivia Sonnichsen Eight-year-old Olivia is an avid reader. She enjoys any kind of chapter book she can get her hands on. Her...

Another Baby Step

I had a pleasant surprise this evening. I was scanning my long-neglected Google reader tonight, when I came across a post by kt literary sup...

Stripped and Primed

I've moved on from stripping wallpaper now. I've graduated to slopping primer around. I stripped wall paper for so long, I considere...

Home Is Where The Putty Knife Is

Several people have asked to see pictures of our new home. Here are some outside shots the day we closed on the house. The previous owners w...

Rush

Sorry for the long silence. I've been talking on the phone non-stop, standing on a ladder ripping off three different patterns of pink w...

Better

You're not going to believe this. Or maybe you will. Olivia woke up this morning just fine. Fever gone. Energy returned. Doing cartwheel...

Oink

I was planning a lengthy, insightful post for tonight with deep insights into American culture. However, my eight-year-old has apparently co...

FitG Update: Just Listen

Just Listen was my first Sarah Dessen book. I don't know how I feel about it, so bear with me. Sarah Dessen is a very celebrated writer...

WIP Wednesday: Entertaining the Brain

I haven't written one of these posts in awhile, so for those of you who are new to this blog, WIP stands for Work In Progress and basica...

Committed

Today I ran around town like a dachshund in a bright red, googly-eyed lobster costume. (Wish I had a video of that one, but you'll just ...

American Dirt

Yesterday proved to be a weird day. The sky clouded over and the wind picked up, blowing brown dust from the recently-harvested fields EVERY...

Yum ... and an Albino Turkey

Today at the Central Washington State Fair I ate: An elephant ear, A hot dog, Curly fries, A BBQ beef sandwich from the Young Life booth, Ba...

Discontent

There is a pea-green house a couple blocks from Papa and Nai Nai's home that has one big draw for our kids: A treehouse in the backyard....

Mischief

I don't know what came over me. There I was, standing at the entrance to Keene Riverview Elementary school as all the children filed in....