Cantaloupe Bread
I apparently have a lot to say about our CSA. :) One of the things I love about our CSA is there's usually some kind of fruit. And in August we had two weeks with a cantaloupe. First off, I…
Getting My Pioneer On
I mentioned in the spring that we were planning on joining a CSA this year. We did, in fact, go ahead and do that and, by and large, we've been quite happy with the experience. There was perhaps a tad…
Ready for Operation Back-to-School?
Normally, my newsletter is the first the see new book covers and hear about any new releases I have coming up, but I've made an exception in this case simply because I need to wait to send my newsletter in…
A Mini End-of-Summer Vacation
In mid-July, hubby and I started thinking that we needed a little mini-vacation. The past several months have been rough for a number of reasons, and we needed a little fun and a little downtime together. Around that same time,…
A Sad Week
Last week was a sad week. The publishing company that first published me has decided to close. And even though I no longer publish through them, I've been involved with other aspects of the business (acquisitions reading, that sort of thing)…
Do You Like Water Parks?
All summer, my boys have been begging to go to the water park. I've used this excuse or the other to push them off a bit, but I believe the time has come that I'm going to have to take…
Finding A New Rhythm
Now that VBS is over, we're back to finding our new rhythm for the year. We started back to school at the start of July, so we've already been playing around with finding the right time for school. (It used…