A is for apple, angel, St Anne. The angel collage was one I did, hoping to inspire the girls by modeling a project. They liked mine but each went on a tangent. Oh well. So we successfully navigated our first week of homeschooling last week. Mainly...
Her first attempt. (A blurry shot, sorry.) She spent a long time crafting each spiral. Her subsequent efforts were much less carefully drawn. The other day Bella tucked a picture away on my night stand. And she put another one on Dom’s bedside...
1. Yesterday we went to the grocery store in the middle of a downpour. Lee might have lost his tropical storm status, but he still managed to dump an awful lot of water on us. Fortunately Bella is big enough to hold the umbrella while I struggle to...
While living in Rye, Rumer Godden and her husband lived in Lamb House, a historical house that had been associated with many famous writers including Henry James. Although there were two guides to give tours, occasionally she had to help out. She...
Sort of. She was so very excited to show off her coloring (in the lines!) skills. She even added a bruised spot to her apple. I had coloring pages waiting for all the kids at their places this morning. I had had visions of new boxes of school...
One day when I had just vacuumed the living room and the floor was still cleared of all the usual clutter of toys and debris, Bella declared that it looked like a desert. I later found out that she liked it that way, it wasn’t meant as a...
The other day, a man, a journalist, asked me a strange question. He asked me, “Even you, do you have to go to confession?” I said, “Yes, I go to con�fession every week.” And he said, “Then God must be very demanding if...
“I went at once to stand by Jane Austen’s grave. Set into the stone floor on a side aisle, it looks as small and unpretentious as herself. ‘So many people ask for her,’ said the verger. ‘Was there anything particular...
