Live With Flair

Ice covers the neighborhood today. I walk my daughter down the road to visit a friend. We notice how the ice on the street freezes

As I keep to the writing task, both fiction and nonfiction, my daughter reminds me that our favorite Little House book series was not published

As students work on personal essays over the next few weeks, we consider what we might pass on. We offer our life experience to others–the

She wants to bring her own appetizer to the party. Something she made, that she will think is delicious, and that everyone will gobble up.

I read in Psalm 5 when David reports: “In the morning, O Lord, I lay my requests before you and wait in expectation.” It’s morning

We wake up to giant frozen colored ice balls on the lawn. We love them! They’re beautiful! Some creative and whimsical person (was it you?)

My youngest (who travels mostly by cartwheel and is up at 5:30 AM constructing origami or sewing little doll dresses) announces at 7:00 AM that

On a window in my garage. Oh, winter!

In our memoir-writing unit, we’re talking about “signature stories” that work well, not just for friends and family, but in professional settings.  We watch a

I’ve been coaxing the kitten from underneath the bed. Coaxing is a form of persistent persuasion. It’s a great verb. For days, I’ve reminded dear