Kate Dyer-Seeley  

here’s an old song my mom used to sing to us as our Bluebird troop leader.  It went something like, “Make new friends, but keep the old.  Some are silver and the other gold.”  Little did I know it as a ponytail-clad first grader, but that simple song with its easy rhythm is a proverb [...]

e have a longstanding tradition in our house that we only read holiday books during each holiday’s official season.  Halloween books are cracked open in October.  November brings an assortment of Thanksgiving titles like Luke’s favorite A Plump and Perky Turkey or Ten Fat Turkeys.   For me, nothing can replace Over the River and Through [...]

o a few months back on a cold icy day in January my best friend from college called from Alaska and said, “Wanna go to Belize?”  I took one look out the window and responded, “Of course!”  There was one catch; the trip meant cruising through the Caribbean.  I wasn’t sure about the whole cruising idea, [...]

Gordy and I had an epiphany a while back–there’s no better place to live in the summer than the Pacific Northwest.  I’m sure such inflammatory statements could create an epic rift with my East Coast friends and Southern relatives, but I make no apology.  I’m sticking by my statement.  It’s only fair, we endure months of endless [...]

 Luke and I returned late last night from a sun-soaked week in Tucson, Arizona.  For those of you who live anywhere near the equator, skip this post and enjoy your year round sun.  For those of you who live in the rain logged Northwest or any other artic Northern state, read on. 
Each year come October I begin to [...]