This year my students sewed snowmen to give to their parents for Christmas. I promised them I wouldn't share this picture until today so...

My friend, Travis, picked up his Christmas tree the other day; and of course since he lives on Mackinac, he got his tree home on his snowmob...

Every year my co-teacher and I work with our students to create items  to sell at Mackinac Island's annual Christmas Bazaar.  This year ...

December kind of snuck up on me this year, so I have been a cookie-making machine lately. This year's varieties include: zimtsterne, zit...

I was at my favorite thrift shop the other day and this display stopped me in my tracks. I'm guessing someone who loved bowties passed a...

Getting kids to write can be challenging, so when I saw a Facebook post from our local Postmaster about her Santa mailbox, I started plottin...

It's December in my classroom and that means Camilla the Christmas Chicken comes back for her yearly visit.  My students were so excited...

While my family does not share my enthusiasm for vintage ceramic Christmas trees, they make me happy. And since it's "that time of ...

I am so thankful to have this husband. He singlehandedly planned and cooked Thanksgiving dinner for nine. All I had to do was make desert (c...

I wasn't super excited about having to catch the first boat this morning, but the sunrise brightened my day, literally.