December 2014 Only now that we look back at 2014 do we realize that this has been a year of new beginnings. We have dared, experimented and savored every one of them. In March Hannah celebrated her first – and only – confirmation. To bring the event to a perfect closure, we were all able… Continue reading A year of new beginnings
Category: Family
When you splash your sister without getting punished
My school owns a piece of land on the Santa Fe river, which we call the Preserve. Every Thursday the 7th and the 8th graders spend half a day each to work on killing nonnative plants, bringing back native plants, measuring stream flow and counting fish population. Part of going to the Preserve is getting muddy… Continue reading When you splash your sister without getting punished
The path is the goal
Shortly before noon yesterday I picked up my 10-year-old daughter Marie at Paseo’s Pottery. She had spent the morning there with her friend Isabella and her mom Angela, a potter herself, while I attended the last part of a five-day science writing workshop. After a whole week juggling with language and concepts in loud spaces… Continue reading The path is the goal