I don’t know about anybody else, but we could be in an expansive field of green grass, but if there is one tiny section of mud, my kids will find it.  They will swarm to it like fruit flies to a ripe banana.  They seem to love the squishiness and messiness of  the mud, in [...]

I, like most of you, have been keeping up on the news and events from Haiti.  The other day while I was reading an article about the earthquake my six-year-old son walked into the room.  The article was filled with pictures of bodies piled up on the side of the road, crying mothers and injured [...]

I just might be alone in my thinking, but I tend to consider January through March, “The Gray Months.”  I live in an area with a solid winter.  I enjoy the snow during Christmas, but I wouldn’t mind one bit if it all melted the next day.  The mountains seem to catch the smog making [...]