Today as a year comes to a close and a new one begins, I am celebrating a miracle. Wasn’t it just yesterday that we gazed at a photo of a baby girl that we knew instantly was our daughter? Didn’t we just meet her at the Holt reception center in Seoul and bring her home? […]
Books
Celebrating a Bookish Christmas
Here at the home of A Field Trip Life, we love to celebrate Christmas traditions from around the world. We open Advent calendars and light Advent candles. We eat tamales and listen to a world wide selection of carols. Our tree is decorated with ornaments brought home from our travels and the Nativity sets from […]
Why Movember Makes November Even Better
I love November because Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. This year, we found a new way to make the month even better. Have you heard of Movember? It began as No Shave November when men (mostly college males) stopped shaving for a month. In 1999, some young men came up with the term Movember when […]
Book of the Week: Primates The Fearless Science of Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Birute Galdikas
I am a big fan of graphic novels. During the month of October I have been reading reviews posted by the community at #GNCelebration. Today is the final day so I’ve decided to join the celebration by sharing the graphic novel that I just finished reading. Primates The Fearless Science of Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and […]
A list-less day
I am a list maker. I developed this habit at an early age. My mother wrote out a “to do” list every day and kept it by the calendar. I do the same. I have lists for groceries to buy, books to read, articles and stories to write, things to repair, and places to go. […]