Spilled Milk Blog

  • My 2025 Reading List

    My 2025 Reading List

    It’s one of my favorite times of the year to browse around the bookstore, so I wanted to share the books I’ve read this year to give you some ideas on what to buy…and what not to buy…for yourself or the people on your list. Good, bad, and in-between, here’s my 2025 reading list. I’ve Read more

  • Polishing the Silver, by Gunilla Norris

    Polishing the Silver, by Gunilla Norris

    I clipped this poem from a copy of Real Simple magazine back when I subscribed to it (along with Victoria and Martha Stewart Living) in the late 1990s. It spoke to me then, in a way I didn’t even fully realize. It still speaks to me now. I started watching a documentary recently on Netflix Read more

  • Easy One-Dish Chili-Crisp Tilapia and Couscous Bake

    Easy One-Dish Chili-Crisp Tilapia and Couscous Bake

    This isn’t a cooking blog. It never will be. That said, I threw some ingredients together for dinner tonight and it turned out really tasty, so I thought I’d share. I have a feeling you could switch things up to suit your personal preferences, and it would probably turn out just as well. 1 cup Read more

  • Announcing . . . Book Club Discussion Guides!

    Announcing . . . Book Club Discussion Guides!

    Over the past year or so I’ve had the real pleasure of discovering and discussing new books with a group of friends in a new book club. We meet once a month at someone’s house, and the host cooks a main course. We keep it simple — soup, chicken, pasta. The rest of us bring Read more

  • How to homeschool for free | 11th grade

    How to homeschool for free | 11th grade

    Before I launch into all the details on these incredible free 11th grade homeschool curriculum options, you might want to read my perspective and background, first. TLDR version: Our kids have been in public schools, in private schools, and homeschool.  You probably know that homeschool can be pretty expensive if you don’t know where to look. But you Read more

  • Sandwich by Catherine Newman | Book Review

    Sandwich by Catherine Newman | Book Review

    I loved this book. Catherine Newman’s Sandwich is, in short, the story of a family’s annual trip to the Cape Cod coast for their summer vacation. Empty nesters Rocky and Nick are there with their two just-barely-adult children, Jamie and Willa, and Jamie’s girlfriend Maya. Mid-week, as always, Rocky’s parents join them for two nights. Read more