My personal art collection: Early Primitives

  Now I know there are those who love it when temperatures soar. But I’m not one of them. In fact, I don’t do well at all when temperatures are high. Heat makes me cranky, hot and stupid. All I can think about is how to get through the days until temperatures cool down. This…

  ‘Into each life some rain must fall,’ sung Ella Fitzgerald. And indeed, there’s no way around it: there will be times in your life when the going gets tough and you must weather stormy times. The best thing to do, I’ve learned is to just lean in. Don’t fight it. That’s the best way…

Can you imagine there used to be a time when you didn’t have to take out a loan to buy a house? You just found yourself a piece of land you liked. And then you build a house on it. From trees you cut down with your own bare hands. Or maybe with the help…

June 2012 School Newsletter Dear colleagues, Summer Vacation is almost upon us, and so the time has come for our annual Mom Hunt! In the final weeks leading up to the long Summer break, lots of special activities will be organized, to ensure a chaotic end to the school year. And of course these will…

I’ve never been much of a pet person. I was one of those cruel moms who denied their kids the joy of having a pet. But after we moved to the country and a house with a kitchen that had a door you could actually clóse, I suddenly felt room in both my heart and…

Persian rug with mousepad ambitions New mouse pad I bought a new mouse pad! I saw it at the store for about 3 bucks. It looks like an oriental rug, except it isn’t. It’s a mouse pad. I loved it so much I just had to buy it. It’s like ploughing through the snow : (…