I visited one of the most fabulous friends today for an afternoon of playing with our children, six between the two of us. It was a visit complete with dangling costume jewelry and Darth Vader capes. An excellent afternoon of adventure if you ask me. My friend lives about 30 minutes from our house so …

I have had two images thrashing about in my mind this past week. As a woman, daughter, and a mother, one of these images will likely stalk my memory forever. It is the picture of a young child in Haiti cuddling up to the dead body of her mother. Her mother’s body is one of …

Hi Everyone! I’d like to introduce you to a fabulous writer, Jennifer Grant. Jen has been writing for years and is a regular columnist for the Chicago Tribune, the Wheaton Sun, and a number of other publications. She is also my friend. She did this piece in 2008 on Richard Louv’s now famous book “Last …

I’m blogging from Colorado today. With John Denver’s sunshine literally on my shoulder and a few cloudless days of skiing behind me. I would take a moment to lament the fact that my legs ache, my back hurts, and my lips are chapped, but those of you who ski will not have sympathy for me. …

Hi Green Mama Friends. Here is a post that I had the chance to do for a great little green effort called Flourish. Cool, humble people doing some proactive thinking. http://flourishonline.org Last year I borrowed a copy of Doug Fine’s book Farewell My Subaru: An Epic Adventure In Local Living. It’s the story of Fine’s …