Today marks the 50th Anniversary of Harper Lee’s stunning novel To Kill A Mockingbird.  I know I haven’t done a lot of direct political and cultural blogging here recently (mostly because so much of that goes on at Care2 and other sites for me these days),  but this is an anniversary I just can’t let [...]

This is a house that loves summer.  Between soccer games, farm share pick ups, and trips down the street to the lake, there’s a lot to love.  It’s also a time where we try to slow things down a bit and really soak up our time together, since the rest of our year tends to [...]

So I’m sure this will come as a total shock but I woke up this morning sick.  Why am I not surprised?  Because this is the last week of working two jobs and juggling (not very well I admit) my writing commitments.  I’ve averaged 70 hours of work a week and have had only one [...]