This year I’ve been focusing on “making a clearing” in order to steal myself against the onslaught of difficulties that come from opening a school and raising two young children. Honestly, the process of opening a school has been more difficult than I ever imagined. 

This year, “making a clearing” has included different things. I’ve tried to make aspects of my life as easy as possible, so that I could invest more in two main areas: mothering and working. We’ve definitely made dinnertime easier by using Greenling some weeks or cooking frozen meals other weeks. We sometimes hire a housekeeper when it gets so dirty we can’t stand it, but