The autumn online Needlework Show opensThursday, October 21. It’s a wholesale needlework show that’s open to the public for viewing, so go have a look around. Though the show runs through the […]

Before moving on, I want to publicly apologize to Chrissie for making it sound as though she agreed with pushing kids away from picture books to chapter books. As she clarifies oh-so-gracefully […]

Yes, friends, that is the light at the end of the tunnel. We’ll be back tomorrow with our regularly scheduled blog program. Or something. See? Now you’re all disappointed that the photos […]

The gallon-water-bottle aquarium populated with itty-bitty tide pool critters. See the fish? How about the crab? The octopus? Yes, there really is an octopus. It’s a different color in the aquarium, blending, […]

A lava heron, hunting. “Hey! I hunt, too, and I have an astonishing red bill.” “How ’bout with a foot up; does this look active and exciting?” “Got it? Hurry up! I […]

A young (teenage, perhaps) Sally Lightfoot crab. An adult Sally Lightfoot crab. (I just like saying “sally lightfoot.”)