Sunday Reflections: Love is in the Air

Sunday Reflections

Life at the Strauss House… With a wedding at the end of the week, we had to be really efficient at the beginning of the week.  I say that, but life doesn’t always happen that way.  Sometimes you have to readjust priorities for that week and just get the major tasks done, and let the…

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A Day at the Museum – Cultivating Culture

Often our lives are so fast paced we have a hard time finding time to patronize some of the amazing cultural offerings of our town.  To remedy this, we’ve decided to take our Wednesday afternoon schole out on the town and start enjoying some lovely places. Our first stop was the Amon Carter Museum in…

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A Quick Game to Foster Creativity: Add on Art

The other day I was working on preparing for the upcoming school year, which meant that the kids were left to fend for themselves.  Occasionally my youngest finds herself a little lost in figuring out what to do.  My husband grabbed her, gave her a marker, and they started playing what he calls: “Add on…

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A Magical Place: The Fort Worth Japanese Gardens

As a little kid, we used to go on field trips to the Fort Worth Japanese Gardens and I remember the winding paths and the lush gardens feeling like a magical place.  When my husband and I were celebrating our first anniversary, a mere three weeks after the birth of our son, we couldn’t go…

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