So much of our learning happens outside. Not because I planned it that way…although, if I’m honest, I do.But only because that’s where curiosity naturally lives. It’s hard to manufacture curiosity at a table.But outside, it rises up on its own. What Learning Looks Like For Us It looks like pausing to listen for birdsong,tilting […]

Where One Project Ends, Another Begins It always seems like it’s one thing after another around here. One project finishes, and another one begins. That’s just kind of how life has been for us. We finally finished the bus… and now we’re onto the boat. The Boat We Didn’t Expect Last year, we got a […]

What Doing Less Actually Looks Like Doing less in our daily life looks like slowing everything down. Slow mornings. Slow wake-ups. Slow breakfasts — the kind where syrup drips slowly and no one rushes to get anywhere. The Shift Into Less Doing less looks like one load of laundry a day instead of trying to […]

When Another Storm Is On The Way My husband has been telling me all week that we’re under a winter storm warning.The governor has even declared a state of emergency. The news says: “Total snow and sleet accumulations between 4 and 8 inches and ice accumulations between two tenths and four tenths of an inch. […]

There’s a quiet difference between a full day and a hurried one. I’ve noticed that when our days slow down — when we linger a little longer and rush a little less — something settles in my children. They aren’t asking for more activities or better schedules. They’re asking for steadiness. For presence. For a […]