My daughter is an avid reader; and when I saw avid, I mean avid . A month or so ago, she just decided she wanted to read Fahrenheit 451, ...

It has been one blustery day on Mackinac. We had blizzard-like conditions pretty much all day  long. Usually I can see the mainland and...

The school pick-up line on Mackinac Island.

It's been so cold for the past few days the lake has been steaming quite a bit. In fact, the boats quit running yesterday due to the...

My Christmas cactus has blossomed. It's a little late for Christmas, but it's bright pink flowers really brighten up my classro...

New Year's Day on Mackinac was perfect. Fresh snow and bright sun made it a perfect day to get outside.

We had such a fun baking extravaganza this weekend!  My mom, a cousin from Indianapolis, two cousins from Ann Arbor, the kids and I all ba...

One guess what's on my agenda for this weekend!

Often in the fall, when the hotels close for the winter, they donate their leftover food to the school. Our school cook is amazing, bu...

Allen got me a Silhouette Cameo cutting machine for our anniversary and yesterday I finally felt confident enough, and had enough time, ...

Those may just look like random trash bags to you, but to me they look like a job well done. Yesterday, the kids and I spent sever...

Usually creepy crawly things don't really bother me. Often I pick them up and investigate them, but there was something about this b...

So glad I dove, head first, into yard work last weekend.  It looks like we may end up with five to eight inches of ...

Back in 2012 I dreamed of painting my laundry room a lovely shade of blue.  Specifically, Grand Hotel Mackinac Blue . (Yup - it...

Several tourists giggled and pointed as I pushed my packages and milk up Fort Hill after school today. (How else was I supposed to get i...

We had a visitor yesterday. He left the perfect pumpkin in our front yard. It's beautiful; huge, round and the most perfect shade of...

On my way to school this morning my pant leg got caught in my bike chain; like pulled in between the chain and the guard. Sigh.  Any...

We came into school on Friday morning to find this little guy hopping down the hallway. He probably thinks the Three Rs are r eading, w ...

Last spring, with the help of a poet, the Island kids wrote Mackinac-inspired poetry. Next, artists came to school to work with...

A couple of people have asked me how I made the proton pack I wore for Halloween a couple of years ago. I don't have pictures of t...