My Blue Boat begins as a toy sailboat in the bathtub and then it catches the wind, as well as a child's imagination, as it sails past the sleeping town, through the channel, into the busy harbor and across the wide ocean. It meets a fishing fleet, sails…

We headed to our property late last Thursday evening and the kids were already in their pajamas for the trip. Of course, Elli was in her footy pajamas, so guess what we forgot? We had gotten lots of rain, so the new road and the areas around the house and mot…

I debated for weeks where I should plant my potatoes and in one of those I-need-to-get-these-in-the-ground and I-cannot-put-this-off-any-longer realization moments, I thought of lasagna gardening. I have never lasagna gardened before, but the idea of throwing…