Tales From Shangri-La

Teaching Us How to Grieve A few weeks ago, our dear friends lost their adult son in a tragic car accident. The young man had a wife and a ...

Good News is only really good when the first set of news is really bad. I just finished "Til We Have Faces" by CS Lewis. I read ...

We found a new eagle cam to watch. Mother and father eagle work together to raise babies. Love the babies' big orange feet! Occasional...

I appreciated this short article in the New York Times about how elite parents' notions dominate in school events run by volunteers. (I...

Here is a charitable (versus snarky) article on some commonly misused words: LINK to Incorrectly-Used Words

Just beautiful -- watch the series of 4-5 pics. Love the guy's selfie at the end -- joyful. MINKE WHALE beneath kayaker

McCloskey is the writer of Caldecott-winning children's books from decades ago. I loved them as a child and my children loved them, too....