All this past weekend I couldn’t stop thinking about schedules. The word schedule comes from the Latin schedula or “slip of paper,” a diminutive of scheda, from the Greek skhedē, meaning “papyrus leaf.” I like that its origins have to do with plants and paper — and writing. If you read my last post (Take [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Little House’
Schedules
Posted in Mostly about parenting, Mostly about writing, tagged blogging, Cheryl Strayed, Joan Chittister, Little House, Ma, mothering, parenting, schedules, The Rule of Saint Benedict, twins, writing and mothering on 30 April 2012 | 3 Comments »
Cabin envy
Posted in Mostly about reading, tagged How to Be a Pioneer Woman Without Ever Leaving the Couch, Little House, mothering, Pioneer Woman, reading, Sean Bean, Thoreau on 20 March 2012 | 2 Comments »
In the middle of spring cleaning, packing for our upcoming move and my husband having two wisdom teeth pulled (surprise!), I snatched a couple of hours to have tea with a friend. She’s recently moved from Brooklyn to a little cabin in the Virginia woods and was thinking about starting a blog about it. But [...]