Sturbridge, Massachusetts Step Away One of my favorite places to spend the day is Old Sturbridge Village. An outdoor living museum, OSV replicates a rural New England community set in the 1830s. While the history and architecture are interesting enough, what I love most about the village is simply the feeling of peace and calm...
My husband and I love to travel. And though traveling with kids is harder, we’ve tried not to let that stop us. So when my sister-in-law gave me this book, I dug right in and hardly looked up until I had read it cover to cover. I loved it. Here’s why: Is Traveling With Kids...
South Londonderry, Vermont Last week, we camped in Vermont as we often do during the summer. Being in that familiar place brought such deep memories and emotions. It’s strange to make memories in a place during a very different stage of life and to return there later feeling like a different person entirely. That’s how...
Eureka Springs, Arkansas Staying In Years ago, I heard about treehouses you can stay at in Arkansas. Even with all the adventures we’ve had overseas, those treehouses remained at the top of my list. So this year for our anniversary we finally made that happen. We spent three nights in two different treehouses and absolutely...
Neosho, Missouri Last week we visited my parents in Missouri where I grew up. How fun it is watching my children enjoy the same things I most loved doing as a child. Many of my childhood days were spent beside the creek or on top of a row of hay bales. I was always outside...
Gloucester, Massachusetts Even after all these years, it’s strange to think my children are growing up as New Englanders — the ocean at their feet, the mountains at their back. The prairies are all my heart ever knew as a child. Will they remember these childhood days beside the sea? Will the salty, pungent air...
I would totally love to live in OSV with you. I have been thinking of what keeps me from being happy with the life I have. The modern life vs the old ways. A pull between two things like you talked about in Tsh’s book post.
I read “Orthodoxy” by GK Chesterton this summer and he talks a lot about paradoxes… about how two seemingly opposing things can be true at once. I’ve been thinking about that a lot. I think I keep waiting for the next thing to solve all the other things. But I’m starting to realize every season of life will be a mixture of happy and hard things… and that’s ok.