what did you want this summer to be?
Is it happening that way?
I prefer the term “mid-summer” to the panic inducing, somewhat screechy ”SUMMER IS HALF OVER” noise we keep hearing; but either …

Today, WalMart will announce that although 34,000 people voted for Grand Rapids/Wyoming to receive a million dollar grant towards ending hunger, it was not enough.
I’m not that sad.
If we won, …

WOW! It warmed my heart (not that it was cold) to see how many of you participated in the Handmade for the Holidays Etsy giveaway.  I really loved working with …

I grew up in a small town.  “Downtown” was a couple of blocks long but looking back; there was a lot packed into those few blocks.  We had a hair salon, …

Today as we got out of the car to pick blueberries, my kids reminded each other “don’t eat them yet; the stuff they spray on the bugs will make you …

Have you camped with kids? I was a little scared to try, but we did it last summer.  Remember last summer? It rained. The whole time. And it was freezing cold. …

In my time away (it was only five days, but I think fast) I thought a lot about where I’m taking Big Binder. Or as is usually the case, where …

After I decided to take my kids fishing this summer, I realized I had no idea where to begin. Apparently it should’t have been too hard, Field and Stream Magazine …