
Autumn Reflection: The Familiar and the New
To learn something new, take a path you took yesterday.” John Burroughs Think about the feeling you get when you see a tree in full...

It Starts in February (or in March, in years when you've had 45 inches of snow....)
When the winter sun shines brightly in the southern sky, casting long shadows on the newly fallen snow, Jim will go outside to the grape arb

Winter Solstice Activities for Children (and adults!)
Get ideas for some ways to keep children engaged and entertained on the longest night.

The Bitter-Sweetness of September
This was a post from last year--before the Covid 19 pandemic--so some of the ideas, unfortunately, do not apply this year. But, hopefully...

Camping with Kids
We have been taking our children camping from when they were very young. But, this has by no means been wilderness camping!