23 Skills Children Can Learn From the Simple Pleasures of Fall
Fall brings new energy. Maybe it’s the variety that comes with a change in season, or the renewal that blows in with slightly chilled air. But the change brings new opportunities for family experiences (and a little natural education). Use the time before winter...
11 Mid-Summer Survival Tips That are Better Than Sno Cones
Looking for a mid-summer refresh? So much more than just these 11 tips can come out of this mid-summer survival tips list. Let it lead to you more summer activities for kids. The first day of school will soon come knocking. It’s a great reason to reboot the...
Making Dough With What We Have: Two Truly Simple Bread Recipes
Well, this is quite a pickle we’re all in, isn’t it? I suppose this whole current situation is indirectly responsible for my son and I embarking on a bread recipe adventure. We’ve always made no-yeast breakfast breads and scones, but I’m...
How to Organize the Next Meal In Your Refrigerator
How to Label Refrigerator Foods for Minimum Confusion This is my refrigerator showing its best side, living its best life. It usually has quite a bit more food clutter. I think how you organize your refrigerator is left to you and your personality and your...
Roasted Salsa with Tomatoes and Tomatillos
How to Make the Best Salsa This salsa recipe is my pride and joy. (After my kids, of course. Settle down.) It is the tastiest versions of the multiple ways I make salsa, and hands-down one of the best things I do. Roasted Salsa is 554% Better Than Other Salsa A lotta...
A 2020 Wintery Weather Manifesto
Winterish weather is forecasted. And even though there’s been very little winter weather where I live that has affected roads, it’s still early. Not so many years ago, the skies dropped down four inches of snow on spring break. And my just-planted spring...
An Open Letter to My Self at the Start of a New School Year
Dear Self, Settle down. This first week of school (known by some as the end of summer), your boys make their way in a languid state down the stairs to the kitchen and stand confused like little zombies smack dab in your brisk walking path. They stare listlessly into...Welcome Aboard!
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