Local Mom, Katie, is expecting her second child any day.  We spent Sunday preparing for baby #2 by designing and organizing a shared bedroom...
Our children spend a gazillion hours of their lives in school, so chances are good that you and your child will have to speak...
If someone asked me the most important lesson I learned in my first year of homeschooling, I could answer without even thinking: If something...
A new statewide school cell phone ban in Vermont has become a hot topic of debate. I have big feelings about this and want...
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...
In my adult life, I’ve always worked full time. If not more. Sometimes, I was also working part-time and volunteering, too. So much of...
Yesterday, the kids and I colored monster pictures.   Maggie is into patterns these days and so alternated coloring her monsters turquoise and brown. Sophia, having...
There are times that my husband and I joke that the real reason for having kids is so that we have an excuse to...

My First Love

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I'm a born reader. My earliest memories include laying upside down on a couch or a chair, my feet slung up on the back and...
Before I started college, I never really thought much about the profession of nursing. But once I hit twenty one that all changed. I...
In an age where technology shapes our daily lives, generative AI, artificial intelligence, stands as a beacon of innovation and creativity, offering a world...
Tl;dr: It will be bad. Project 2025 is a terrifying proposal for running the U.S. government, sponsored by ultra-conservative interest groups. I am a mom,...
Before we know it spring will be here. The cold will fade, the days will lengthen and the snow will melt (I know it's hard...
There is perhaps nothing more "Burlington" than a painted metal door in a South End walk-up that leads to a working art studio. And...

In + Around Vermont

Winter in Vermont

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It is late fall and the temperature drops just enough for the precipitation to turn from pestery rain into beautiful, soft, magical snowflakes and...