Happy Thanksgiving!
These chocolates were made by my children today. They are girl and boy pilgrims, bats with baseballs, and turkeys. I am so thankful for them, for America, and for my readers. Happy Thanksgiving!For flowers that bloom about our feet;For tender grass, so fresh, so sw

When Mommies Make Mistakes
The school yardThings could be worse. Suppose your errors were counted and published every day, like those of a baseball player. ~Author UnknownI thought I was having a really great Mommy weekend. I managed to spend individual one-on-one time with each of my children. My 3-year-old and I planted some bulbs. I took my 8- and 10-year olds on separate library trips. I played a full-court, no-foul, no-boundaries, no-time-outs, one-on-one basket

Everlasting Summer
An August Afternoon (Restrike Etching)“Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own; and from morning to night, as from the cradle to the grave, it is but a succession of changes so gentle and easy that we can scarcely mark their progress.” - Charles DickensReluctantly, my three-year-old and I pulled out the faded marigolds that have lined my drivewa

Send your old Christmas cards to St. Jude's Ranch for Children
Every year I take out the Christmas decorations the day after Thanksgiving. Tucked neatly into one of the boxes I will find last year's Christmas cards, tied neatly with satin ribbon. I don't know what to do with them, but I am too sentimental to throw them out. So I put them in a box full of cards from previous years,

Igneous Rocks, Farmville, and the Horses of Death
“So, what’s new in the virtual world?” my husband asks on Saturday evening, kissing me hello.“Nothing much. What’s new in the real world?”Dinner has been ready but I have been keeping the meatballs warm in the oven for the past half hour. I take them out and mumble an apology.“Th