Live With Flair

Today my friend invites me to observe the robin’s nest on her back porch. It’s a funny story: she leaves the porch screen door open,

Every year, I volunteer to help with Field Day at the elementary school. I’m always assigned the activity that requires the least athleticism on my

My enormous Winterberry (there’s still debate about what kind of bush it is) overtakes the back porch. My husband announces that he’s going to “cut

I’m reading Psalm 121, and I see the same verb six times. It’s shamar in Hebrew; this verb means to keep, guard, protect, and watch carefully. If

Whenever I’m in social settings with my daughters, I try to connect them with everyone, set up groups, and engage these friends in lively conversation. 

Yesterday, a new friend who teaches high school English asks for my opinion on what I wish incoming college freshmen knew better. I recently complained–like

With the pool opening today, I find myself gathering books to read. The children don’t need me in the pool with them. They don’t want

We peer in upon the Chipping Sparrow nest on the walk to school only to find it emptied of eggs. Some predator! Some storm!  We’re

Today I cut up all the vegetables and begin making those after school snack platters. They do, in fact, eat what I put out.If it’s