Nature-base learning
Aug 14, 2012
Healthy Child Healthy World blogging prompt: What sort of nature adventures do we love best? “Do you hear that?” I ask my daughter. We stand still and silent on the trail. She nods exuberantly. “What sort of animal makes that sound, →MORE...


1. After hearing me discuss the Olympics on the phone last Friday, Charlotte asked me what “fuh-nastics” are. I thought for a moment about how to put gymnastics into terms a three-year-old might understand. “Well,” I said. “People dress →MORE...


The antibiotics that I was prescribed on Tuesday night kicked in within the first twenty-four hours. I still have mild discomfort, which I suppose means that the bladder infection is still being fought off, but overall I feel much better. Normal →MORE...


Feb 29, 2012
A couple weeks ago, I found this nifty idea on Pinterest (with which I am completely obsessed, OH MY GOODNESS) and I have been thinking about it ever since. Now that it is warmer in the evenings, I am gearing up →MORE...


Jan 23, 2012
Last week, Charlotte and I hit the trails again for the first time since she was diagnosed with whooping cough. Her endurance and her strength were not what they were before, but I expected that. What I didn’t expect was how →MORE...

