It started with oatmeal and a way to remember that it was Tuesday. A few weeks into home education of Spring 2020, we were experiencing the Groundhog Day strangeness of each day feeling like the one before. Laundry day was no longer enough to keep the days from morphing into each other. Weekends together definitely […]

Since 1910, Zoe is the 287th most popular girl’s name,1 but that’s not why I so christened our new 92-year-old house (two dots over the “e” to dress it up). I’ve never named a house before, though I’ve wanted to; it is common practice to name domiciles in Ambleside and elsewhere in the more charming […]

This is the view from my office in The Wolf House, the name of our high school building.  The second floor is yet to be inhabited.  There are no desks, no whiteboards, and no students. This view, without context, is rather uninspiring, but I cannot help, when I look down this hall, thinking about the […]

“Joyful relationships have the power to transform broken lives, families, churches ministries and ministry teams, school, neighborhoods, and cultures.” ~ E. James Wilder Meet Gilbert! She (yes, she!) arrived late to join our family of 3 ducks and 2 chickens. I took on the task of acclimating Gilbert to the coop with all the seriousness […]