I had a good lesson in attitude adjustment yesterday. Here's yet another fact I'm learning about our new unschool world: I feel ...

My mornings always seem to disappear. How does that happen? I get up, shower, have coffee, and make my plan. I'll get some laundry...

One of the things that I love about photography is that it makes me see the world differently. Even when I don't have my camera with...

Every once in a while, a shopping experience makes me so mad that I decide to take action.   Over the weekend, I decided to order a pair of ...

When I went to Cornell Law School in Ithaca, New York (more years ago now than I'd like to think), I was a vegetarian. And handily en...

We are entering Week 3 of home-schooling (which around here we call Unschool), and we are adjusting to the schedule. Or lack of schedule....

As long as we're talking about quilting (!) , here's another small quilt I made a few weeks ago. Our assignment in Practical Desi...

In my last post, I mentioned the Practical Design workshop I've participated in for the last few years. I recently got my hands on th...

I've mentioned the monthly Practical Design workshop I attend -- or try to attend! -- and lately I've been working on catching up ...

The bad news: I was up way too late last night working, and I will be spending today and tonight putting in a lot of hours to finish a big ...

At our ranch retreat, we presented the quilts from our Second Annual Quilt Challenge. Last April, a couple of intrepid fabric shoppers sele...

Oh my! I've had all sorts of goings-on over the last two weeks, so I have a lot of blogging to catch up. Before we headed off to San ...

So, we made a break from our real lives (get it, "spring break?!"), headed south, and have found ourselves in beautiful San Diego....

Thank goodness for deadlines. Sometimes they push me to do something I wouldn't do ... and this month, the Twelve by 12 April 1 deadli...

I know I keep saying this, but we are going through a sort of funny time in our household. Every day is a mix of good things and challeng...

I was so excited to get my hands on the newest book by Jane Davila and Elin Waterston, Art Quilts at Play (C&T Publishing, 2009.) I...

I can't seem to stop taking pictures of the fruit trees that are blooming around our neighborhood. I'm in love with the soft bill...

I've just returned to a visit with my aunt Carole and uncle Jack who live in Penn Valley, a town in the Sierra foothills of Northern C...

We are all taking part in one of Caroline's homework assignments this weekend, and we're darn proud of it. In fact, we're ecs...

So, how'd you do on the Civics quiz?! Here are the answers, in case you were wondering: 1. What are the three branches of the US go...