Over the past year, our family has collected two years of empty jars in our pantry. Blame it on our love of salsa, peanut butter, spaghetti sauce, and pickles. Blame it on our German heritage and absolute inability to throw away something we could use again. Blame it on the kids’ new understanding of Reduce,...Continue Reading
This is a story about the patio our family and some friends have been building in our backyard. It’s a story about hardscaping the marshy wetlands behind our pool, but it’s also the lesson of what our family has learned about community. The story begins with the muddy dead space that’s been behind our pool for...Continue Reading
