This weekend our family embarks on a road trip that will have us seeing and staying with every member of my family of origin – my parents (in southern Illinois), my younger sister (in St. Louis) and my older sister (in Kansas) – and then doing it all in reverse.[Read more]
With all the driving I’ve done in the last two months, I could have completed multiple crocheting projects, if I’d been riding in the passenger seat. That’s my preferred way of traveling, of course – multitasking: getting somewhere, enjoying uninterrupted conversation with my other half, and working on something creative. But, since[Read more]
My men and I have just returned from a wonderful few days spent with cousins and aunts and uncles and grandparents. In addition to some good family photos and great new family stories – the kind that will get funnier and more absurd with each retelling – I came home[Read more]