Flying (mostly) Solo

Twice monthly blog written by our staff on living in smaller families

Things That Start with “F”

Fireworks, Farmers Markets, Fourth Celebrations, Festivals, we are recognizing them all this week.  First, when heading into a holiday weekend nothing can be better...

Reluctantly Springing Forward

By Chris Watson There has been much ballyhoo about the recent time change. Much of this complaining has fallen under the current culture of “no...

Pick (and Eat) Your Vegetables

Two of the most common complaints from people who are trying to eat healthy are “it's too hard” or “I don’t know how”. Frankly,...

Right Size Valentines

By Chris Watson It is hard to miss Valentine's Day. Not because every grocery store we walk into is replete with red, white and pink....

Single Serving Scenerios

I saw single serving Spam the other day.  It was a neat, foiled packed slice of ground meat product worthy of launching to low...

Flying (Mostly) Solo: Fall In!

By Chris Watson Here is a great advantage to having school age children in our lives: they tell us what holiday to celebrate. Without their...

Deaths in the Family

By Chris Watson There are times when events, random on surface inspection, intersect in our lives to form a nexus.  This last week two deaths,...

Winter Blahs

By Chris Watson Hanging an average of 93 million miles from us (one AU for you astronomy fans) is a star that burns 600 million...

Summer Lovin’

By Chris Watson “Summer lovin’ had me a blast… Summer lovin’ happened so fast…” --Grease, 1971 I fall in love every summer.  More accurately, I fall in love...

Our Own Backyard

Every time the weather breaks I have the same sense of adventure and gratitude since, not to put too fine a point on it,...

Flying (Mostly) Solo

A twice monthly blog written by our staff on living in smaller families.

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