The Simple Farm is located in the middle of a beautiful neighborhood in Scottsdale, Arizona.  If you're not looking, you just might miss it. I had my eyes peeled for the small sign.  I was excited as I turned in to the dirt drive to park my car loaded with friends.  I wanted to visit the farm for several years now and ... I'd finally arrived. Lylah and Michael Ledner made a decision to change their lives and become farmers. About three or four years ago, Lylah and I connected through our blogs .  Back and forth messages ensued and we discovered a …

Memorial Day is a day to remember the men and women who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces.  So many sacrificed their lives for the freedom we can all too easily take for granted.   I love to see American flags flying in the breeze in remembrance of their sacrifice. I look at the sweet faces of the little children I get to work with each day at our school.  Many of their parents came to America from other lands.  How thankful I am to live in a country that permits freedom to all people.  We aren't dictated as to how to worship.  It…

Rest for the weary.  This scene looks so inviting.  A time of peace and quiet and ...rest. Our school year is completed.  Summer recess has begun.  But life continues with things to do and people to see.  The still unpacked boxes on the back patio of our condo are beckoning me.  And it's already been a year since we moved.  The front garden isn't completed.  And that book I'm writing is about 80% completed but still needs work.   At times I feel like the children at the end of the school year.  I'm tired! I'm also working this summe…