I caught up with a friend today on an unexpected phone call. The weather has been cool and lovely this week. I painted a room in my house and rearranged the furniture. Oh, and last night I found a snake in my kitchen cupboard. Sometimes the days feel all the same, but sometimes I remember […]

It’s raining. The edge of a hurricane is sliding past and there’s been a steady downpour all day long. It’s the kind of rain that nourishes, but I know that yesterday there was wind and rain and flooding and destruction at the center of the storm when it made landfall. Rain, like fire, like our […]

We’ve turned toward fall in North America–the final weeks of technical summer winding down and people are jumping into pumpkin spice and fall decor. Fall is one of my favorite times of year, so these weeks leading up to the autumnal equinox are always a time of tension for me–I want the cooler temperatures and […]

Books, chalk, letters, and tiny forests. This week’s topics are feeling very tangible. It’s a pleasant thing in this digital world we’re living in. May you dig in gardens and write on chalk boards and read paper books in between your Zoom meetings. Around the Web Resources For At-Home Learning Our friend Sally Lloyd-Jones has […]

I’ve heard from more than one friend that the first day of school was…um, chaotic, bad, stressful, hard…and over and over I hear from them again later that week that things have sorted out, that God is gracious, and that they’ve made it through. Around the Web 10 Awesome Book Series for Art Appreciation Whether […]