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I don't have the answers to life's large and looming problems, but neither have millennia of philosophers, warriors, politicians, theologians, scientists, and writers. I live a privileged first world existence that sometimes handicaps me as much as it...

In the spring I re-launched my blog. One of the things I wanted to do with that re-launch was create better resource pages for readers.
I have written many, many posts over 9 years of blogging.
Some of those posts are better than others (smile) and over the past few years I curated that content into Resource Pages that highlighted the most helpful content I've written around themes of homeschooling, soapmaking, vegan eating, adventure...

It snowed this week. Last year's first significant dump of snow in our woods happened in December, seems we're about three weeks ahead of snow schedule this year.
It always snows earlier in the "mountain" mountains where we hike and ski. I'm happy the snow is accumulating already in the mountains. We have a Christmas break backcountry ski trip planned with good friends....

It's that time of year. Sometime around mid-October, the costume making buzz hits and till the wrapping of the Christmas gifts there is a lot of "making" going on.
February and March are also good crafting times of year, our hands anxious for something to do as we wait for spring. And now that I think about it, July and August are crafting seasons also when our bodies want a break from the sun....