chickens in the closet

Yesterday afternoon I was preoccupied with giving kids baths, washing dishes, doing laundry... all the usual Monday activities. When the UPS...

insight from margaret

Margaret: (playing with plastic animals) Seals like acorns, too. Me: Maybe. But I think most seals like to eat fish. Margaret: Fish are s...

terrific twos to thrilling threes

Margaret is currently sleeping in and recovering from a weekend full of birthday festivities. The big family celebration was on Saturday and...

why work

These quotes were included in the sermon on Sunday, from the "Why Work?" essay by Dorothy Sayers in her book Creed or Chaos. &quo...

blessing box

Ever since I can remember my family has made an annual blessing box. At some point during the time that we lived in Columbia, while my dad w...

morning chores

mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall!

Home remodeling project: knocking down the kitchen wall. Part 1. I had a hard time finding before pictures of this rather repressive wall...

the art of walking

I know this wobbly, barely-in-control, teetering walk phase will pass all too quickly. Hopefully this means that I will soon not have to...