Sassafras Mama

On Thursday, we got to school and discovered there was no internet service in our buildings.  This was a challenge in terms of work and ins...

The backstory:  I’ve written before about how much I like and respect JT’s wrestling coach .  One of the things I enjoy about him is his se...

April's blooms always make my heart sing.  Add in the twilight on an early Spring day and I am utterly charmed...

This week’s college visits with my nephew have entailed a certain amount of driving and in the past few days I’ve been all over the place. ...

The backstory: My sister and my nephew C flew in on a red eye flight on Wednesday night and early Thursday morning they piled in my car for...

By now you’ve have to be living under a rock to have missed out on the fact that Wisconsin primary voters are typically the sort to support...

The backstory:   7th grade history curriculum covers the first half of U.S. history, from colonial settlement to the Battle of Gettysburg, ...

There’s a quote about Thomas Jefferson that I have long found informative.  Over time, I’m forgotten both the source and the exact language...

My slow-to-bloom amaryllis took us through March getting ready to bloom and the flowers have begun to fade.  But there’s no time to fret ab...

We are headed into the most glorious part of Spring, when there are new flowers emerging from the soil nearly every day as the buds ...