healthy food, lifestyle, travel, & everyday moments.
My sincere apologies for the long absence. I’m afraid I’ve had a serious case of the summertime blah’s (does anyone else hate hot weather? And this year we’ve got choking wildfire smoke to boot!). I’ve started so many post drafts but the words come to me like molasses, and I get frustrated and ditch the post before I’ve really gotten into it.
Anyways… I’ve challenged myself to start July off strong with an easy(ish) post to write: my June favorite things! So let’s chat lifestyle.… Read More »
I just finished a charming little book called The Finnish Way by Katja Pantzar. The cover makes it look like any other Scandinavian lifestyle book at my local library–I’ve read almost all of them at this point!–but its contents re-sparked my interest in a topic I used to be very interested in: resilience.
Let’s back up a moment and talk about that, because it’s one of those core interests of mine at the heart of many more niche interests.… Read More »
Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without. I’m very into the idea of cutting back lately. Not just in the obvious ways (buy what’s on sale! Ask around for hand-me-downs!) but also questioning what I feel like I/we NEED to buy for one reason or another.
When I was little, my mom was quite frugal. Not because my family was struggling, thankfully, but because my parents were good stewards of their money to save for what was important to them: funding our college accounts, living in a suburb with well-ranked schools, traveling to Europe every two years.… Read More »
I am getting SO excited to get our summer rhythm going now that little E has finished preschool for this year. We’re finally dipping our toes into the homeschooling waters now that I think e&A will both be able to follow along. (Baby K? He’s just along for the ride as usual #thirdchildproblems :P)
I’m a little Scandi in my beliefs around education for young children; I don’t think “reading, writing and arithmetic” should be the focus for little ones. Comparative education has been a passion of mine since I started tutoring in high school, and I have read, watched and talked with a huge variety of sources over the past ten years. That’s not the point of this post but it perhaps gives a bit of background as to why I’m so enthusiastic about this summer–finally getting to utilize all that knowledge and interest to (hopefully) benefit my own children!… Read More »
Happy Friday and happy long weekend to US readers! We have great plans for this weekend. We’re celebrating my grandpa’s birthday, going canoeing and for a cookout with my dad, and heading to the zoo. I’m really looking forward to it as Eric hasn’t had a day off in a while.
Anyways, let’s chat about life lately. I haven’t been blogging much lately, but hope to return to it this summer after we get our new, preschool-less rhythm down.… Read More »