Vesuvius At Home

For Mary Kay Yesterday in the morning I left the house to go be with my grandmother as she died. I asked how I was to do this --watch somebo...

You know my brother-in-law, Justin? His parents live on a farmish. They invited us out for Easter. Now wasn't that nice? Indy at the sta...

This morning I could find no other thought than if the snow killed the pink trees, it would break my open and tired heart. Spring in Co...

We are currently in the middle of the lamest spring break anyone has ever had. Please check back next week when I am hoping not to be quite ...

I have this theory that keeping bees can heal depression. Like the daffodils I bought myself yesterday deep in the evening, at the close of ...

Yesterday I sat at Starbucks so long the baristas offered me free sustenance. "We made a mistake, but you look like you could use this,...

I realized I might be in a bad way today when I found myself standing at the kitchen counter in my underwear eating cookies out of the packa...

I get very emotional in spring, which leads me to conclude that, basically, I am very emotional. But Spring Me is much better than Winter Me...

At night I lie awake and think of the bees. I see them in my brain, in my belly, in my heart. Scurrying around and working their magic, gath...

What I didn't say was that Monday, I woke up in a black mood. There was no reason for the mood. I went to bed feeling fine and woke up w...

This morning Ayla woke me up with worry in her eyes. "Mom," she said, "Did we miss the field trip?" It was too light out...

It's Friday. We wanted to make a vlog this week. We wanted it to be a gentle parody of the Rebecca Black song. (Not a parody of Rebecca ...

We're driving home from school and three minutes into the ride Ayla discovers that the 3D glasses that came with her book order book abo...

"I really wanna be a Catholic!" said Indy , emphatically like she says everything. "But daddy never lets me!" "Don...