On Catching Words or Why I Write

· categorized in Life, Miscellaneous,

I’ve always thought that writing can be very brave or very stupid. There’s some blunt honesty for you… Words can weight down or lift up. Words, words, and more words heap on top of each other. It can be so vulnerable, beautiful, and powerful a thing to put a poignant truth in black and white, …

All Fall Down

· categorized in Uncategorized,

My 4 year old stacked up these blocks today. When I saw it, I was fixated, staring. I could look at nothing else. I could relate. It’s way out of whack. The pieces lie crooked and many in the wrong direction. Until a piece or two gets pulled, the implications of that mislaid tower aren’t known. …

Peg People

· categorized in Miscellaneous,

My husband’s family is big. At this picture’s taking, we numbered 32. There’s more of us now. I don’t know how many. Maybe 36? I don’t know where I come up with my crafting ideas. I can probably blame a a good deal of it on pinterest. But whatever happened, I suddenly wanted to paint …

A Basket

· categorized in Crochet Patterns,

Yes, I’m one of those people that are obsessed with organization. I love these practical little baskets. I want to hang them on the walls of the school room for art supplies or on doorknobs for catchalls. Some will end up as toy storage, maybe in custom sizes for sets of toys! (See? One of …

Flutter By

· categorized in Homeschool, Kids,

This summer we raised some butterflies The scientific observations were numerous. The most prolific ones were about the amazing volume of poop caterpillars produce. It really is noteworthy. The webbing, skin shedding, eating, and hardening to chrysalises are impressive too. But when a butterfly comes out, it just leaves us speechless, every time. The kids …

Monogram

· categorized in Free How-Tos, Miscellaneous,

When we bought our house we got a warehouse with a lot of… stuff… in it. I call it stuff because my husband doesn’t like it when I use the word “junk.” Among all of this stuff there are some useful things and hidden treasures. The kids found some wooden letters. There was no M …

Bird

· categorized in Crochet Patterns,

Birds. Their joy, flight, trilling songs, and bright eyes make a compelling nature study. This project comes from our love of learning about them and observing them. My kids have been playing with the crochet birds, nests, and eggs recreating what they see the birds do. It captures their imaginations and takes our bird watching …

Easter Garden

· categorized in Kids, Life, Miscellaneous,

Our kid’s chatted as they worked with their hands in the dirt. “Does the Bible really say that Jesus was on the cross in the middle?” “Who were on the other two crosses?” “I know who died on the cross. It was God!” the 4 year old chimed in. “The crosses weren’t really right by …