I am so excited! You know how passionate I am about life in a Tiny Town, and just last week I learned that a major social media conference ~ with a focus on small town living ~ is headed my way! Previously held in New York City, Los Angeles, and Detroit (among other big cities) [...]
Finer Things Friday: The Library
July 30, 2010
This child has become Independent Reader Extraordinaire in the last several months. During quiet time. Scrunched up by her window at night until there is no summer light left. In her dress-up clothes. It matters not, the when or where… she just needs a book in hand at. all. times. Last week we had reason [...]
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Finer Things Friday: Right Here, Right Now
October 29, 2009
After a brief but heartfelt announcement expressing our sympathy to a rival school who lost a cheerleader to illness last weekend, we paused for a moment of silence. Two tiny towns, rival schools knit together by unimaginable grief and a pigskin. The game went on, because that’s what we do. We play football, knowing that [...]
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Finer Things Friday: An Awesome Day
August 27, 2009
This is the face of a first grader who gave in to the sandman at 10:45 the night before school started came barreling out of her room at 6:45 the next morning (fully dressed and with her bed made!), announcing “The 1st Grader’s awake!” had an “Everything was awesome!” first day of school. And this [...]
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Two Weeks in Tiny Town
June 15, 2009
In the midst of surviving enjoying a whirlwind of activity the first two weeks of June, something dawned on me. People who think there’s nothing to do in a Tiny Town are just plain wrong. (You can disagree with me, but that doesn’t mean I’m not right.) Here’s what you do when the big town/city [...]
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