When we started this blog, my husband and I asserted that our plan was to move to Colorado when the kids are all finished in high school. We came to that decision based on a number of factors; my desire for a long growing season for my garden, Tim's inability to handle temperatures over 80... Continue Reading →
Trust In Providence
As the summary of this blog states: in this family, nothing ever goes according to plan. Such is the case again today, as we have not so much been thrown a curve ball as a knuckle-ball, and it's right in our groove. If you've been following along, my contract got cut short last month, and... Continue Reading →
Take The Tents Down, Clean The Cages
My job is one of sprints and sojourns, the former usually coming at the beginning of one of my consulting engagements, the latter near the end. For some weeks now I have been more or less "idle" at work, cleaning up little messes and working on "wish list" items that really don't have to be... Continue Reading →
A Piece of Earth
I started gardening in earnest 11 years ago. It was a project I took up to keep my kids busy in the summer, something to get them outside, teach them a little biology, give them a chance to help make something grow. I rented a 20X30 plot from the park district, did some research, and... Continue Reading →
Flaming Bowling Balls
I really believe all change is good. I tell my children this. I tell my set-in-his-ways husband this. But when I'm in the midst of a tidal wave of change, I lose my grasp on this guiding principle. To be fair, one of the main changes I've been through recently was unexpected, and has affected... Continue Reading →
Meg Currell 