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Keigley Campaign: Pisgah. The Camping Mecca.
When we first came up with our Keigley Campaign two years ago (What? Two years?) we wanted to simply find woods and to sleep there. The end. We all decided to focus on South Carolina state parks the first year. It seemed logical. It was definable. It made sense. It’s the direction we chose to run. Early on we struggled…
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The Tale of Two Siblings
These two Keiglets have a special little bond. Many is the morning that I find them reclining on the sofa together, London reading books out loud to her little brother. London keeps a list of daily activities and ideas on a dry erase board she has in her bedroom. (She’s a natural-born planner, apparently those genes are strong.) One day I…
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Tuesday.
I’ve been quiet for a few days. Well. That’s not at all true. I’ve been quiet here online for a few days. In real life, the one I’m living and breathing, I haven’t actually been quiet at all. Quiet is not really my strength. But I have been busy. You know, with the stuff of life. The raising of many…
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How To Start Your Own Book Club
Two years ago I had an idea. I wanted my girls to look forward to talking about books. I wanted my daughters to discover that discussing ideas found in great books is actually fun. I wanted my daughters to see their friends, and their friends’ mothers, talking together about books and ideas instead of about boys and people’s clothes. I wanted…
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Simple and Sweet – Today’s Winner Is …..
I’m keeping it simple and sweet today. I’m just going to tell you who won. (Mainly because it’s waaaay past a Keigley kid’s bed time when I am typing this and I’m not going to wake them up for a sleepy photograph.) I just received a few of Sweet Blue’s too cute little bow ties and hair ribbons myself – so…
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Why I Am Not Writing A Post About My Mother on Mother’s Day
Sunday will be Mother’s Day. I have nothing against the holiday. I like my breakfast in bed as much as the next mom. Actually, I may like mine even a little more than the next mom as my children have grown increasingly skilled in the art of cooking. I no longer have to endure sticky, smothered open-faced peanut butter toast…
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Walnut Grove. Plum Creek. Oh, the Places We’ll See.
Every time we’ve finished another one of the nine Little House books this year I’ve wanted to weep a bit. (Now that I’ve confessed that I’m a crier, why try to disguise it anymore?) For, you know, a myriad of reasons. I. Love. These. Books. I love them for what they are – a treasure of memories from a girl…
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Sweet Blue: A Giveaway!
Hey guys – remember how just last week (or the week before – I blame my unreliable memory on age – or my plethora of children – or the air – or whatever) I had this really great little giveaway? So many of you responded and sadly, only one of you could win. (Meaghan placed an order already – I…
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weekend ramble. (a weekend both peaceful & productive)
here we go …
cliff’s edges.
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Small space. Big changes.
A while back I had a black sharpie in my hand, a bathroom decor I didn’t really love and a couple of random ideas from Pinterest. The current curtains were brown and leftover from another room in another house. They just looked tossed together. Because they were. I had this little stack of cute ruffled curtains I had in the…
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Spring.
Every house has a season, right? You know – a season that shows off that particular home’s best features? Like people have a good side, I think houses do too. Or, I don’t know, maybe every house has the same best season. Anyway. This house for sure has a best season. It’s spring. For certain. Spring. When the heat is…
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a video: off the charts cute
Your browser does not support the video tag Otto Fox is a boy who gets attached to certain songs. Currently – it’s “Switzerland” by The Last Bison. I can’t get enough of the expressions and enunciation when he sings this song. All eighty times each day.
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Here We Go: The Winner Announced
I’ve got my act together. The possum was returned to the woods. I wrote down a number for every entry (and yes – if you liked Elly’s Facebook page you were given two numbers) and I put all those numbers inside a coffee mug I found placed on the school room table. (I’m not sure it was clean, but noone’s…
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the best laid plans ….
I know. You’re on the edge of your seat. You’ve been rechecking this website every six and half minutes. I can’t wait to tell you who won this giveaway. I can’t wait. But I’m going to. Wait, that is. I’m going to wait for just one more day. Not to drag out some long suspense or build tension with dramatic…
