Notice the palindrome? Today was a nerd holiday. This is Sunday's writing, Groundhog Day, even though it's early Monday morning now. I...

White space is beautiful and necessary for a reset for my brain. White space can be a blank calendar. It can be silence. At our house,...

The hardest expectations to live up to are our own.

Traversing through fog is about what it's like to have a goal off in the distance. You know the starting point which is wherever you are...

Do you ever feel like you're 5 hours behind in perpetuity? I do. Today was no different. We can adjust the time unit in that statement...

Chopin is playing in the background while I type this. Actually, he is not playing. He is deceased. To be more correct, I am listening...

Today has had ups and downs. Kal had a basketball game this morning. His team lost but put up a good fight. We've had nice family time,...

I'll be meeting with a couple friends this morning. We get together once a week if we can. These aren't spectacular, perfectly-planned...

We have a huge pan of cinnamon rolls, given to us by my sewing friend, Becky. She doesn't like cooking, but she can make a mean batch of...

When Kara asked me to make chocolate chip cookies with her tonight, my first impulse was not to do it. I really didn't feel like baking;...

Mom and I had a nice conversation yesterday. We were sharing our earliest memories. She has some memories even from being a baby! I'm...

We had house guests here last night, my sister, her husband, and their three children. Breakfast can tend to be a free-for-all, but I...

I burn food. Not intentionally, of course. I'm Suzy Homemaker in my head making meals with love. But my head isn't real life. The real...

When I offhandedly asked Kal, my 10-year-old son, what to write about today, he said I should write about him. Here goes. Kal was the...

It's finally quiet for the day--if you don't count some snoring I hear from, well, never mind about that. The kids are supposed to be in...

We started musical beds last night when Kal went to bed early with a headache. Kris went to bed around 8:30. Kara put on Wile E. Coyote...