It’s been a few years since we made the choice to go back to public school. The biggest reason was the kids missed socializing with kids their own age and the only co-ops in the area were religiously oriented. I don’t have a problem with religion but I don’t want religion mixed with my education.Continue reading “Why We Stopped Homeschooling”
Category Archives: Family
Family Tree
They chopped it down. Moving throughThat land between two riversIn stampedesOf angry growling machines-Hell bent on profitable purpose And a desire to burnThose softGreenblanketed hillsTurning the dirt over,Into the kind of green-which burned inside their pockets To them it was just a tree-A 100 year old oak,Firmly planted,In a 20 acre spreadBought and paid for-byContinue reading “Family Tree”
Grandma’s School of Decorating
It’s late and I’m writing. I wish I knew why I can’t seem to write during the day while the kids are at school and my husband is at work. No, the words can’t start flowing until after 10pm. When I’m teetering on the edge of sleep happiness. I feel as though I’m preparing forContinue reading “Grandma’s School of Decorating”
Seed Starter
(A poem I wrote while starting seeds with my toddler) I love the feeling of seed starter dirt. All loamy and grit. Pulling apart tiny seeds so small they fit inside my fingernail tip, this might be a meal come late summer. I tell my boy, Dig into the dirt. Feel it on your tinyContinue reading “Seed Starter”
Preparing for Crap-mas
It’s coming. That most wonderful time of the year. And like every year I’m doing everything I can to make it through…and it’s really pissing me off. Every year I request less crap and every year my requests fall on deaf ears. Every one truly believes that they are going to get me the oneContinue reading “Preparing for Crap-mas”
My Life Isn’t Pretty All The Time And That’s Okay
When I first started this blog it was to help me keep writing. To exercise that muscle of creativity. It was also because I had just graduated college with a journalism degree and I really didn’t know what to do with it in a small town where no one was hiring. I’m still not sureContinue reading “My Life Isn’t Pretty All The Time And That’s Okay”
The Better Mother
Being a mom now, means that I understand that sometimes my mom wanted to be Lisa, the artist, the reader, the woman and not just “mom”.
Week 4: Homeschool Is Exhausting
It’s the end of the fourth week of homeschool. I can say with 100% certainty that it was much harder than I thought it would be.
Is It Over Yet?
I am exhausted. Yet, I feel like I’m getting nothing done. Today I realized that I couldn’t remember the last time I watered the plants. I’ve been keeping up with it really well up until a few weeks ago. Then I discovered my new weird ass succulent that looked like a dinosaur mouth and hadContinue reading “Is It Over Yet?”
Learning In The Time of Corona
The first day of school is August 17th. I told the kids this morning and it was met with groans and sighs. And more groans. Some of them mine. So on August 17th we’ll wake up and the kids will actually get out of bed before 9 am and they’ll sit at the kitchen table.Continue reading “Learning In The Time of Corona”
A Hermitess 