The Rumors Are True

In Rumors of Water, I admit to taking a rather... creative approach to educating my girls. Or maybe it's more accurate to say that the girls were encouraged to cultivate their own creativity, through so many beautiful experiences with nature and life—and the chance to choose their own ways and explore media of multiple kinds (regardless of what the dining room eventually looked like at supper time—"Japanese" tents and all!).

There were days I doubted. What would come of it?

Many things, to be sure. But video editing might be the most surprising of their ultimate pursuits. It's not simple. It takes tons of time. It requires vision and bold experimentation. Video editing is their new "purple moth with teeth," if you will.

My youngest (she's the one you might remember I carried to the beach, with her head near my heart, when she had debilitating Lyme disease) has now given her art in conversation with mine. I'm carrying it near my heart...