Hello darlings! We are back from a great adventure that took all six of us to Spain, England, and France. It was incredible, hard, wonderful, and now a bit surreal. After my 1300+ picture download, it’s hard to know where to start. If you’ve ever wanted to travel abroad with the family, here are some […]
Cope and Nelson were able to be part of a fantastic project last month: Recreating a scene from an old photograph found in Andover’s archives. “Naughty” Ned Set in the 1800’s, this was Andover’s first school house. Cope was May and the narrator. They really got into it. (It’s all about the drama) A one […]
Small Fry by Lisa Brennan-Jobs (her father is Steve Jobs, you know, that Apple guy) is a terrifically-written memoir. From the start, Brennan-Jobs has a difficult task. She’s going to be judged by a higher standard. Is this a celebrity memoir or something else? It’s something else. Phillip Lopate’s review: “No other book or film […]
Here are some beloved items you may consider for the Christmas season: For the convenient, cool and earth-friendly: Bamboo Travel Utensils – To-Go Ware Utensil Set with Carrying Case. Yep! This is the gift I’m MOST EXCITED about giving this year! When I saw these bamboo utensils in their cute carrying case hanging off a […]
Yes, we’re alive over here, time is just going so fast I start wondering where to start. It’s such a strange thing to suddenly be the parent of older kids instead of having a posse of younger ones. The baby is going into 6th grade for heaven’s sake! I find myself gazing at her playing […]
Make sure to scroll to the bottom for a book giveaway! One of my favorite children’s author’s, Jessica Lawson, is visiting Maisymak today with the September 5th release of her fourth book, UNDER THE BOTTLE BRIDGE, by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. You can add it to your Goodreads account HERE, and see it […]
I’m feeling something I haven’t felt in years: the huge relief of a slow, summer day. Honestly, it makes me a bit weepy. At the moment, my two older kids are traveling (England) and working (grounds maintenance) and the younger two are in school until June 23rd (have to admit…it’s lovely quiet!) Graduation has occurred, […]
19 years ago, for our honeymoon, The Professor and I drove a couple thousand miles from Salt Lake City and put down roots at a boarding school in a teeny tiny town in New Hampshire. “We’ll stay 2-3 years and than fly away to a new adventure.” Turns out boarding school life in rural New […]
Before this year, I’d never been on a cruise ship before. It’s not the type of vacation my parents ever took us on growing up. Cruise ships were for other people. Besides, getting on a boat with a few hundred strangers? No, thank you. But when my mother had the brilliant idea of taking her daughters and […]
I think it’s so cool when people take their vacation and sick days to travel to Greece and hand out water and food. I often wish I could helicopter in and distribute coats. I wish I could hold and feed babies. I admit feeling helpless when I hear about the 60 million displaced refugees around the […]