Carving Out Time

Being a good listener may sound like the most obvious thing in the world, but the best gift-givers are also the best listeners. Pay attention to others' interests, hobbies, and...

Gift Giving: It can be hard, can't it?! It's not something I've always felt confident about - in fact, it's still not. My biggest problems are that my expectations are too...

My Grammy was the most fun. Tall, boisterous, confident, joyful. In my memory, she was the life of the party and the heart of the family. She came from a...

I love second-hand shopping... thrift stores, flea markets, estate sales… all of it. It's 100% my preference if I'm looking for a new piece for my home or closet, especially...

Most of the time, people assume the name Savage Sublime is a direct reference to Danny and me, and in many ways, it is. But aesthetically, there's more to the story (there's always so much more to the story)...

Do you want the secret for slowing down time? The secret is family travel.

It doesn't have to be far (it can be camping, or road tripping, or a day at the beach). It must, though, fit these three requirements:

1. It must be new.
2. It must be *a little bit* uncomfortable.
3. And you must... do it... together.

So just... start... driving.

It’s hard not to feel introspective these days. There’s an intangible momentum that lends to ephemeral musings. Internal. Impermanent. You know what I mean. I’ve been writing about these things...

I talk about family culture in my book on homeschooling because it really is the backbone of our whole system. Our whole system.  I’m certainly not seamless in keeping our culture on track, you should know. My failures are many.  But the trying? That’s the secret: The trying IS the culture. The trying IS the thing.