Here’s a copy of one of my latest recipes.  I created it from ideas I got from other online recipes, from looking in the freezer, and from my own head.  I really liked it, but it is still in the revision phase.  If you make it and have any suggestions, let me know!
Trish’s Vegetarian Shepherd’s Pie
Saute in large pot until slightly tender:

1 tbsp. olive oil
pinch salt
sliced carrots – halfmoons, 1 large handful
1 medium onion, chopped
2-4 cloves garlic, chopped
1 …

I’ve been reading some of the Little House On The Prairie series to M lately, and we are both loving it. We finished On the Banks of Plum Creek a few weeks ago, and now we are working on By the Shores of Silver Lake. I skipped the first book (…Big Woods) mostly because I had read it before several times, and I also skipped Farmer Boy …

Actually, I overheard it last week.
J and I were in the big sandbox.  A parent sees their approximately 2-year old toddler do some kind of mild misbehavior, and the parent says, somewhat jokingly, “(Child’s name), stop that!  Do I have to come over there and punch you in the nose?!”  Who says that to a child?  I was horrified.  But I’m sure this won’t be the last time I see something at the park that disgusts me.

So for the last year or so, I’ve been reading everything and anything that our library system has about homeschooling. Up until about a month ago I wasn’t ready to make a commitment. But I’m finally there now, and we are ready to homeschool! Of course, when you think about it, we’ve been homeschooling all along. It’s not like we don’t start teaching our children from the moment they are born. But now …

thus begins tiny grass, a blog about our adventures in parenting – specifically attachment parenting, breastfeeding, natural & home birth, homeschooling and the dream of raising our children to understand and be at one with the natural world.