I found myself explaining punctuation to my oldest as he wrote a letter to his favorite doll. “A comma is a pause, a period is an ending.” Every now and then, a sentence, one that may even have been in

Image by Source from Pixabay In 2009, the US House of Representatives passed a resolution to officially recognize Pi Day. Pi Day is a delightful tribute to the number Π celebrated each year on March 14,

I grew up with Coccia House, a hometown pizza shop started by a widow and her daughter in 1958, that features homemade Italian pizza, Abruzzi style. I. Miss. Pizza. I think the holy grail of gluten-free

Homeopathy is an effective and cost-saving energy medicine that can safely be used to improve health and well-being at home. Homeopathy could also play an important role in creating a healthy future for

The history of homeopathy, including how it fell out of favor with the rise of the pharmaceutical industry, the way it works, and myths about homeopathy were explored in Part One of Homeopathy for Healing

With the rise of mutating viruses, antibiotic-resistant bacteria, increasing medical costs, drug recalls, and side effects of conventional medications that are often worse than the disease the medicine

Shirley Jackson in 1951, Associated Press I earned my first F as a freshman in college. The assignment was to pick a visual text and analyze it. Naturally, I thought this would be a piece of cake, and

I am sitting at the new artsy craft brewery, headphones in, laptop in front of me, and I am clearly writing. A man comes over, sits down at my table and expects me to talk with him. He asks if I want a

I love stories. And I love the inspiration that comes from a question, prompt or contest. I have found many new connections by participating. I would like to continue the fun by offering a contest of my

The @homeedders Homeschooling Topic of the Week is Share Your Favorite Projects. Join in the fun! One of the reasons I love homeschooling/unschooling my children is because of the freedom I have to create

During this time last year I was begging for the pediatric neurologist to fit us in sooner than the appointment they gave us 4 weeks into the future. My oldest seedling had just suffered a neurological

Thank you @gingbabida for organizing a contest focused on growing engagement in the Steemit Community. It is my belief that what makes Steemit so different from other social media platforms IS the community.

This is my entry for the @naturalmedicine Art is Healing Challenge. Thank you for the thought-provoking prompt. Image by Free-Photos from Pixabay We walked out of the first day of preschool holding hands.

@bengy asked: Describe your work/place... how do you feel and think about it? As a stay-at-homeschooling mom, this type of meta-cognitive practice is rarely a priority. But it is essential to think about

I started to read, The Story of V: A Natural History of Female Sexuality, by Catherine Blackledge. While I am only 20 pages in, a profound paradigm shift has already taken root in my soul. These words

Response to the Tribe Steem Up Question of the Week, “Do we only change our thinking after a disaster?” Share your ideas using the tag #tribesteemup. On Thursday, October 5, 2017 at 7:28 am, my husband

Thank you @namiks for your generous offer of steem power delegation for minnows This morning we had a family movie and popcorn breakfast. The movie of choice was a new Netflix offering, Legend of the

Photo by Kira auf der Heide on Unsplash My two seedlings are wonderfully energetic creatures, almost feral at some points. We live in a safe place off the beaten path so that they can climb trees and build

Photo by Álvaro Serrano on Unsplash Poetry is personal. Maybe more so than prose because it leaves room for the reader to connect in a uniquely interpretive way. Writing poems can serve as a private therapy

Image by cromaconceptovisual from Pixabay Reading poetry can be a daunting task for young learners, especially when they are asked to interpret a poem to find the *correct* meaning, like many standardized