Creating Winter in the Middle of Summer

How choosing calm over chaos reshapes our rhythms, our homes, and the way we remember this season.

The heat has arrived and so naturally life has moved indoors for us desert dwellers. I don’t actually know why we continue to choose this stifling heat. 109 degrees is not ideal for a family who spends a lot of their time under the sky. I need the calm of summer though. My boys are in year round school so our summer break is actually over by the end of …