Huckleberry Country

Are You Smarter Than a 6th Grader?

By Huckleberry Press / May 14, 2020 /

Recently, in the wonderful life of pandemic parenting and schooling from home (snicker snicker), I found myself on Google trying to relearn how to determine the numbers of protons, neutrons and electrons in an atom.

The Plant and the Hippo

By Huckleberry Press / May 5, 2020 /

At first it appeared that Tanner was happy again, staying busy and spending more time with friends, but Hill and I often discussed our apprehensions. And then we saw it.

Getting Grounded

By Huckleberry Press / May 1, 2020 /

It is garden season and with that brings excitement and, in my case, trepidation. Will the earwigs move to the moistened mulch from their cozy home in the basement bathroom?

The Forest for The Trees

By Huckleberry Press / April 10, 2020 /

No one needs to tell you the world is changing. The novel coronavirus took a swift journey around the world in mere months and by the first week of March the United States was beginning to truly feel its effects.

Resilience

By Huckleberry Press / April 10, 2020 /

Tendrils of what is going on in our world are tightening their twist around the daily workings of our lives.

Unproductive Pandemic Parenting

By Huckleberry Press / April 9, 2020 /

A friend called today from across the country. She felt frustrated. Isolated at home because of the virus…

One Impossible Thing at a Time

By Huckleberry Press / April 8, 2020 /

by Heatherann Franz Woods I am drinking tea because at this point I am pretty convinced the plasma in my body has been replaced with what passes for coffee these…

Love by Any Other Name…

By Huckleberry Press / February 25, 2020 /

The Icelandic language has 46 words for snow.

Practicing Love

By Huckleberry Press / February 6, 2020 /

It’s easy to get sucked in by the social expectations of an agreed-upon action or result.

Larch: The Torch Glow of the Forest

By Huckleberry Press / December 13, 2019 /

by Amber Jensen The Pacific and Inland Northwest boast all four distinct seasons and part of that is shown in our forest foliage. Of course we don’t have the vast…