Mindful Serenity

Alaska: Orange Goo at Alaskan Village found to be Fungal Spore, Not Eggs at NPR (news story about a town not far from here...it's in o...

I was thinking about a masters degree in 8 1/2 years ago when I was student teaching.Then I got engaged and married and mothering a little...

So there was an earthquake on the east coast of the USA yesterday. My sister lives in Virginia and said it was pretty scary for her and her ...

‎"To believe in something,  and not live it,  is dishonest."  ~ Gandhi

Remember this post ? Well, this summer's move went like this: Week 1 pulled over for a pit stop next to Kluane Lake in Yukon. ...

As the plane landed in Kotzebue, I was watching out the window, and I saw fields of this beautiful reddish-tassled grass. This grass seems t...

Background: Lammas is the first harvest festival, for most of us it is one of the lesser-known festivals in the wheel of the year. Ironica...

Juliet asked the question, what's in a name? A rose by any other name would smell as sweet! Anne of Green Gables responded that she tho...

It's my birthday. We are on vacation though, spending a brief week with my folks before we all move in in Kotzebue, so this is a pre-sch...

When I was 7 or 8, my dad brought home a filmstrip (yes, a filmstrip !) about a woman who had no arms. I vividly remember two scenes from th...