Beige makes me grumpy. Left unchecked, grumpy will expand into depressed and that has a way of inflating to take up the whole house until none of us can breathe in here so we run outside, get in the car, and drive until we find another place to live. Move in. Walls are cream or [...]
It’s too hot to post. And whenever it cools off enough that I could maybe think about words, we have a thunderstorm and the power goes out. That’s a lie; I have lots of minutes every day that could add up to plenty for blog blogging but the summer is here and our days are [...]
We were talking about the Civil War and the tragedy of friends and families taking up different sides and feeling sick over it. I started to say “try to imagine fighting and even shooting at your own brother” but quickly realized that to ages four and seven that sounds like a normal day. So I [...]
A list!
1. The giveaway. Alright, here’s what’s what on the giveaway: I can’t decide. I like them all. There aren’t a lot. Everyone wins!
I’m going to email you guys with details and will ship out prints etc next week.
2. Thank you SO much for the perspectives on pushing the kids to do work they hate. [...]
(ps. I haven’t forgotten about the giveaway! We just got back from Texas and I’m still returning to regular life.)
I do sometimes — only for tiny wriggling little gruesome moments — understand why schools and corporations and governments are so eager to hammer out creativity. Everyone likes creativity in theory… oh creative people, we are [...]