Hello, Marmalade Friends! It’s getting a little crazy out there, right? Routines have gone out the window. Events long-anticipated are being canceled. Stores are completely sold out of TP! I mean — right there is where it gets real! Seriously, …
peel yourself off the ceiling…encouragement after that first week of school-at-home
Hello again, all of you who have been a-sailing on the choppy seas of social isolation and school-at-home! I’m imagining a variety of responses to the first week of homeschooling for many of you, from, “that actually went way better …
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five lovely things…march 29
Hands up if this feels like the longest March on record. How have we lived so many days in just one week? Here’s my collection of five lovely things for this week: 1. Neighborliness showing up all over the world …
women’s history: plenty strong
My final post for this year’s Women’s History Month takes us to the world of sport. If any of you are living where libraries are still open, you can grab these books. For the rest, maybe reading a post that’s …
non-electronic gifts for the kids…or yourself…to beat the stay-at-home blues!
Every year I gather ideas for non-electronic gifts during the holiday season. Those lists are always available through the tab at the top of the blog if now seems like a good time to revisit them. Today I’m posting a …
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the kids will be fine…encouragement for parents with kids home from school
A calming hello to all of you, especially those with children schooling at home for the first time. I hope this finds your households well and at least moderately sane! Today I want to offer some words of encouragement as …
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five lovely things…21 march
One of the heartening pieces of the crisis we’ve landed in has been the beauty springing up in big and small ways around the world. Choosing to look for joy, goodness, beauty, is a positive move we can make even …
comforting reads for grown-ups in corona-times
Hello, Marmalade Friends! I hope you are gradually discovering helpful ways to walk this odd, new pathway with a measure of peace and a few creative solutions for yourselves and those you love. I took some time earlier this week …
women’s history: with brush and song
I realize that for quite a few of us, our public libraries are now temporarily closed. (Pause for a moment of wailing!) I don’t want to rub salt into wounds by posting lots of shiny new books that you can’t …
encouragement for a new day and a new way
A warm hello to all of you around the world, figuring out how to make life work for you and the little ones in your sphere in this rapidly-changing landscape. Are you feeling a bit like you got caught in …
women’s history: science, not silence
Today we’re looking at women who have forged paths in the sciences, an area formerly said to be beyond the reach of the female mind! Hats off to these thinkers and discoverers! Queen of Physics: How Wu Chien Shiung Helped …
