Between December 21st and January 3rd, we hosted up to 31 members of our extended family, including 6 young children between the ages of...

After work, today, our oldest son, Joey, along with seven other adventurers (at last count), are driving more than 20 hours from Indiana...

Do you dread traveling… or dream about it? Travel can be more rewarding and less stressful if you are intentional about just a few...

The morning of February 5th we pulled out of our driveway in Indiana and headed south. It was 3° and snow had covered the ground...

Buy less stuff - Make more memories. Are you making a list and checking it twice? I am too… but this year it is a list of memory-making...

“… one is silver and the other’s gold” – are lines from a song I learned long ago as a Girl Scout. Good advice, especially when attending...

I venture that outside of formal school I have learned more around a table sharing meals with others than in any other single place. I’ve...

If isolation and loneliness are making us less healthy and shortening our lives, we need to find ways to form stronger human connections. Sharing meals has been considered an opportunity for social interaction from the beginning of recorded history. In all cultures throughout the world, food and eating connect people. Consider this: the word companion means “with bread” in Latin. Companions eat together.

On Monday, August 21st, our nation collectively looked skyward to witness the moon eclipsing the sun. We watched the event unfold through...