You know when it’s coming: your child will bring home many, many colorful order forms the days preceding the event, showcasing all the goods that are about the explode in your child’s school library. The only time of year children can convince their parents to buy expensive character erasers because the money goes to “help […]
around here :: january 2017
I haven’t written an “Around Here” post in a long time, so I wanted to start out 2017 by reviving this semi-consistent Letters from the Nest tradition from a few years ago. It’s fun and stress free to simply share what we’ve been doing this month, after all of the heavy content that has been […]
A Stupid Little Green Notebook
A couple of weeks ago, I had resigned myself to a new way of life: I was convinced that I had my first cavity. At the ripe old age of thirty-four, my teeth had failed me and were rotting away, one by one, I was certain. Not one for drama, of course, I took my […]
favorite reads of 2016.
Happy New Year! 2017 is now upon us, and I know you and I both agree that we are ready for it. As in the past few years, I am bringing you the books I read in 2016. I usually read twelve books a year, but this year I set this crazy goal to read […]