PEARLS ON A STRING

It used to be that when I got sick, it was a balancing act of movies for the kids and attempted rest for me. Not anymore, my reading list...

I'm not sure where the month went but woosh, it went fast. We are in the tension of nearly finished school and thinking ahead to next...

It's marked on the calendar every week. Tuesday night supper = tacos. A no-brainer, decide-once, crowd-pleaser meal. (And yes, those are...

In April we lived the book, Goodbye Winter, Hello Spring. The month began with patches of snow and now the daffodils are nearly in bloom,...

It's been nearly a year since we took our first trip internationally with our kids and the memories are fodder for many a dinner time...

Spare // Prince Harry Oh, boy this book! I've been on the wait list ever since I knew it was coming out and so joined the thousand or so...

Hello warmer weather and melting snow. Good-bye busy weeks of drama classes and field trips and ski days and Saint Patrick's Day...

This month has felt busier then others and yet my reading journal records a great reading month. After a couple months of a reading...

Oh February. The longest and the shortest month. Even with all my well-intentions this year, I still felt the February slump where the...

Last year at this time we were counting down the days till we took off of on our first international trip as a family. We spent six weeks...

For many years, about this time in the year, I've made notes about what's bringing me joy or what's saving my life. It's a habit inspired...

I'm a slow processor. I take awhile to make decisions and prefer to sit with something for a few days (or weeks) before sharing my...

There is a running joke in our family that if the children know any random fact about astrophysics, botany or Eastern seaboard geography...

Interview with the Mosheteers Favourite thing of 2022 Kilmeny (13) : Going to Europe Khaira (11) : Going to Europe, and surfing in...

I love hearing about people's favourite things, from Christmas traditions to small indulgent purchases but especially their books. This...

I don't even remember when I did the first one but it was back when instagram was fun and we just shared our days, with no thought of...

I didn't know. I didn't know so much. I didn't know that the searing pain of "he's gone, Breanne" was just the beginning. I didn't know...

The books teeter on a precarious stack beside my bed. On my nightstand is a bit of a joke. My husband built the nightstands this summer....

The light is shifting. It's dark still when we get up and the streaks of light wake up the house slowly as the children make their way...

Somewhere in the deep dark days of January's winter weeks, I was doing research for our then up-coming trip to Portugal. I read article...