A year ago this September our family took a vacation to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Aside from the spectacular views and amazing landscape we were fascinated by the old grist mills we visited in Cades Cove and Mingus Mills. It’s astounding and very humbling to think that there was a time in America’s history when mills and streams…
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Last week we had some incredibly beautiful August days, the temperature was nice and some mornings even hinted a bit to the coming fall season. Days like these always make me want to light a candle and make something warm and delicious. It has been a while since I have baked anything (turning on the stove in our old, inefficient…
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Hello Mommas! Can you believe it’s already August? We have nearly tackled another full summer and for me it feels like it just started. This is one thing I have noticed lately, that time seems to be moving much faster as my children get older: maybe it’s the addition of extra curricular activities, longer homeschool lessons, less time playing with…
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Baseball, apple pie, ice cream parlors, Route 66, Norman Rockwell, Babe Ruth, Coca Cola, and Old Glory: all things we would identify and say are typical American icons. This month I thought it would be fun to immerse ourselves in some of the things that our nation loves, to really celebrate a country that offers us so many freedoms. I…
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Last night our family finished reading Bound for Oregon by Jean Van Leeuwen. This fictional story (based on the life of a real girl) documents the adventures one young girl faced as her family traveled from Arkansas bound for Oregon. Originally we were drawn to this story for a couple of reasons: one being that her family was from an…
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