by Emily Henderson | Aug 4, 2021 | Family + Kids
Summer has always felt nostalgic to me. It is the time of year when the weather heats up, and our bodies slow down. As a kid summertime meant bare feet and sprinting down the sidewalk to my friend Lori’s house before they blistered on the pavement. It was a game...
by Emily Henderson | May 31, 2021 | Food + Favorites
Consider this your Sunday Drive through the internet. The world says goodbye to Eric Carle Brown Bear, Brown Bear taught Owen his colors, Papa Please Get the Moon for Me captured Peyton’s imagination, and The Very Busy Spider inspired Aiden to use his voice...
by Emily Henderson | May 2, 2021 | Food + Favorites
Consider this your Sunday Drive through the internet. Your Own Backyard. After 25 years of searching for their daughter, I hope the Smart family gets some answers! The Thousand Year Old Rose A story about a church and a Rose and the Virgin Mary. Want Your Kid to Learn...
by Emily Henderson | Apr 30, 2021 | Creativity + Memoir
April is National Poetry Month and at the beginning of the month, I said I would write a Poem A Day. It’s another thing that probably wouldn’t have happened if I was busy with afterschool activities and birthday parties. Well… I wrote 30 poems, but...
by Emily Henderson | Apr 19, 2021 | Thoughts + Musings
Grief compounds I’ve been following the trial of Derek Chauvin, the white police officer accused of murdering George Floyd by kneeling on his neck for more than nine minutes. As I listen to the testimony of the witnesses the dominating thought in my mind is...
by Emily Henderson | Apr 18, 2021 | Food + Favorites
Consider this your Sunday Drive through the internet. Words words words Learn 10 commonly confused words with TikTok and The Times Try to use this Word of the day in a sentence. People or Persons? a podcast from Grammar Girl explains it all. A Nerdy History of the...
by Emily Henderson | Apr 13, 2021 | Creativity + Memoir
Update: April, 2021 This is a consolidation of several posts about my experience with NaNoWriMo in 2017. I’ve since attempted to complete the 50,000-word goal in 2018 and 2020. It remains elusive but still on my bucket list. in 2017 I was pregnant with Aiden so...
by Emily Henderson | Apr 4, 2021 | Food + Favorites
Consider this your Sunday Drive through the internet. Sunday Drive Interesting finds from the web Independent bookstore owners look back at a year spent trying to stay afloat. Not all of them succeeded. Independent bookstores I love following on Instagram....
by Emily Henderson | Mar 31, 2021 | Creativity + Memoir, Family + Kids
I read this article in the Washington Post called Why kids need poetry in their lives and how to spark their interest in it. Since April is National Poetry Month, I thought it would be fun to share this Magazine Poetry project with Haiku the kids and I did last...
by Emily Henderson | Mar 28, 2021 | Food + Favorites
A weekly-ish post of the things I find interesting. Sunday Drive I take the long way home just so I can drive past a pretty view. I stay in the car if there is a good song on the radio. I don’t worry if I miss a light or if someone cuts me off – I find...
