A Bucket List of…Boredom?
I had no idea our recent trip to Mexico would mean our son would make so much progress on his Bored Bucket List. This list is a … continue reading
Articles by Terra
More than Me Gusta: Who Are You in a Second Language?
I started learning Spanish more than 14 years ago, just before I met my husband, a native Spanish speaker. During that time I put various levels of … continue reading
Riding the Highways of Mexico with Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe
Speeding down the highway from Cancun to Playa del Carmen I noticed we passed more than one group of cyclists riding on the shoulder of … continue reading
How I Learned to Embrace the F-word Without Losing My Mind
If someone asked me while I was pregnant what words I’d dread hearing coming from my son’s mouth, I might have answered with the word … continue reading
Web of Doom Halloween Craft
P dubbed this craft The Web of Doom. I think it’s too cute to be called the Web of Doom, but I did ask him … continue reading
Go Ahead, Close My Window. I’ll Open Another One.
I never knew how much I wanted children until our son busted unexpectedly into our lives, irrevocably ruining our perfectly unremarkable but happy and childless … continue reading
Chasing Déjà Vu in the Upper Peninsula
déjà vu noun dé·jà vu \ˌdā-ˌzhä-ˈvü, –ˈvue\ : the feeling that you have already experienced something that is actually happening for the first time … continue reading
Green Bay: If You’re Bored, You’re Doing it Wrong
Growing up in northeast Wisconsin most of us just wanted to get out of Green Bay. We wanted to go somewhere better, anywhere, somewhere with … continue reading
15 Things I Learned While Sleeping on a Submarine
In May my son and I joined his Cub Scout pack for an overnight on a World War II submarine, the decommissioned U.S.S. … continue reading
Cryptid Cases Files: An Untimely End (or I can’t keep this sh*t up)
I started the summer with good intentions: Third grade- this year- was our son’s best school year yet. We want to keep that momentum going, but let’s … continue reading