Spring! Time for My Favorite Waldorf Song! “Spring is Coming” is a favorite of both the children and parents at the Chicago Waldorf School, and you can hear it hummed and sung throughout the school as we move into the spring season. Cole is a sophomore at the Chicago Waldorf High School now, but last week as … Continue reading Spring! Time for My Favorite Waldorf Song!

Guess what Rascal is pretending to be..... I know it's obvious isn't it....a sheep! I am never bored but I may need a life. . .

I would like to introduce your to an old, old, old, friend of mine, Catherine.Well...maybe not that old, but I have known her a very long time. We are not always in touch, but we have never lost touch and recently reconnected on Facebook. Catherine was born to be a teacher. Even way, way, way … Continue reading FUN for First Graders: Mrs. Rhodes Darlings

It is late afternoon. Katybeth is sitting in her blue Honda van in front of the Chicago Waldorf School, waiting to pick up her tenth grader, Cole. Cole enters the van by flinging open the van door, throwing himself into the car, and slamming the door. COLE: (speaking in a very loud, exasperated voice) Mom, … Continue reading Teen Drama. Act 1. Scene 1.

It’s common for people to tell me how lucky I am to work from home. I don’t disagree; I love my home-based business and the flexibility it allows me. However, when they go on to say, “If I worked at home, I would get so much more done,” I dissolve into a giggling fit. A … Continue reading Working from Home: Airing Dirty Laundry

Click to enlarge card: Scooby, Rascal, Joey, Bandit, Maggie, Skippy Happy New Year! Love, Katybeth ~ Cole~Rascal, Skippy, Scooby

Today, an envelope arrived from my sweet mother, and I pulled out this picture.   I LOVE... this picture. I love that it’s so perfectly my mom. I love my mother's outfit. I love my mother’s Ugg boots. I love that my mother wears Ugg boots. I love my mother's expression. I love the two … Continue reading Mothers Thicker than Marriage

  Warning: This is not a very merry muse. I will return to my regularly scheduled happy in a couple of days. My mom lost her Doberman (Rumor) today due to a sudden and brutal intestinal infection. She is, of course, heartbroken. We all are, and it triggers in me a feeling that has been … Continue reading Warning: This Muse Is Not Merry

Today is Picasso’s Birthday. Lets muse about art. When Cole showed me his latest foray into hand art, I was impressed at the intricacy and the detail. I haven’t always been as generous about his hand art but have grown to appreciate it over time. And, of course, it doesn’t hurt knowing that with a … Continue reading Hand Art and interview with Cole

Rascal does not rise and shine. She stays firmly under the covers until she can’t hold it any longer — or breakfast is served. Mondays are especially hard after a weekend of sleeping in. This morning it was raining, so after she went “out,” she went back under the covers to wait until it was … Continue reading Rascal: Rainy Days and Mondays