Super Rachel Zana's Spot

This is what my backyard corner tree looks like this week! I love flowering trees. My husband hates them. He is not able to enjoy the beautiful flowers because he knows berries are coming later in the summer that stick to the bottom of his shoes.

I didn’t take the picture because at the time I was feeling a bit frustrated, and didn’t manage to think of my camera stashed away in another room. Large quantities of soap and water were on my mind. While The Banana was napping this morning, I thought it would be…

For at least five years, my favorite part of summer has been lounging about in my hammock swing, cuddling my babies and toddlers, and watching kids run around like crazy maniacs while I sway gently underneath the shade of a lovely tree. So, not long at all after taking up…

When I was back in North Dakota two weeks ago, my Gramma Jan asked me if I wanted to take any special books with me when I moved. Gramma Jan is a reader, and she has an extensive library. Whenever I wanted to read something while I was a teenager,…

Just move to a city with an enormous, incredibly steep hill, a hill that’s so steep your car and legs think it’s almost vertical, and you’ll never have to worry about cardio excercise again. The street I live on is popular for walkers and joggers, who climb from the level…

The Banana, near lunchtime today.

This is my slightly-more-than-one-year-old vacuum cleaner that is slightly past its warranty coverage going out the door to the vacuum repair shop. It broke two weeks ago. It’s hard to have three kids five and under and no vacuum cleaner, no matter how much of a delinquent domestic you are.…

Ms. Crazy Preschooler had absolutely no summer shoes that fit, so on Sunday she and I did a little shopping: one pair of play sandals for swinging on swingsets, and walking around the neighborhood, one pair of sandals that will stay neat and clean for church, and a cheap pair…