This was the picture I posted on Facebook a few weeks ago.
In it, you can see my kiddos playing in the sun of the...
I consider myself to be rather crafty. I can hold my own when it comes to DIY projects. But the one thing I hadn't...
Maybe the title is a little harsh. You are probably neither lazy nor dumb, yet you just can't ever get that cake to look...
This past school year, my preschooler was in school four mornings a week for about three hours each day.
There were a lot of good...
Two years ago we bought a house that was built in 1860, was a foreclosure, and had been sitting empty for a couple of...
Every year for Thanksgiving, my husband and I visit his family in Massachusetts for a couple of days. It’s about a four-hour drive. Never...
As a baby, I had black hair, a fair complexion, and perpetually bright pink cheeks. I was the first child and my father loved...
I have loved crafts my entire life.
Now that I have children, I want to pass on my love of crafts to them. They are...
We've been desperate to come up with some new, fun indoor games during these summer storms and too-hot
days. Lately, my two-year-old daughter is really...
I learned how to sew some 20-odd years ago, and have spent the last 15ish years as a professional seamstress, first as a costume...
Last year, my mother gave me my old schoolwork. I remember thinking, "What am I going to do with it?" It didn't hold any...
Did you know that this Friday (March 1st) is Dr. Seuss' birthday? It's probably one of those things that only Elementary school teachers or...
I hear it all the time, "I look terrible in photos!" and I say it all the time, "Looking great in a photo is...
Kombucha is the nectar of the gods, or, at the very least, the gods' favorite fermented tea flavored with fruit. It's delicious.
Can you believe me?...
In + Around Vermont
Winter in Vermont
It is late fall and the temperature drops just enough for the precipitation to turn from pestery rain into beautiful, soft, magical snowflakes and...
