06 Feb Blocked
The New Year is already over a month old. I thought by now I'd be cranking out the blog posts, deep into a manuscript, involved with characters who are (almost)...
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05 Nov The tour continues . . .
Just a quick post to let all my local readers know that I'll be speaking at the Hazleton Public Library tomorrow night, Thursday, November 6th, at 6pm. I'm excited and...
30 Oct Trick or Treat!
I may not be writing here on the blog much lately, but I have been thinking a lot. This time of the year, I always think about Halloween—and why our...
09 Jul On playing catch-up and trying to mother well
We are immersed in summer mode in the Treat household. We finished up our homeschool year the week of my last blogpost, which means Camilla is finished with 1st grade....
04 Jun We’ll always have Paris: A good-bye letter to Facebook
I cannot lie, Facebook. I have loved you. I have reveled in the boost to my ego when I post a photo of my child and it gets 57 “likes.”...
20 May Why I paid someone to stick a needle through my nostril . . .
Do I really need to explain this?I’m beginning to fear that writing this blog post will prove to be counterproductive. Explaining why I did it might work against my purpose...
29 Apr The Middle Child
A few weeks ago, Adrian turned four-and-a-half and I realized I don’t write about him very much. Camilla is the one we’re homeschooling, the big first-grader. Evangeline is the baby,...
19 Apr Low in the grave He lay . . .
I just finished reading Shauna Niequist’s book Bread & Wine. It was wonderful. When I read the description of blueberry crisp in her first chapter, I wanted to cry. Then...
08 Apr Why We Homeschool: Part Four
Finally, today we have the last installment of this series!If you're interested read parts one, two, and three.As we neared the end of Camilla's preschool years and Kindergarten approached, Todd...
01 Apr Why We Homeschool: Part Three
Read part one hereand part two here.In my first post about homeschooling, I mentioned that before I had children, I thought I would send them to school.After I met my...