So you think you want to homeschool
When I found out about homeschooling, I was shocked. Then I watched and thought and was intrigued. Then I decided that it was what I wanted to do. Then I fell in love with and married a man who was all for homeschooling our future family. Then we had a baby (and two more). I…
Podcast Addicted: Kid Podcasts?
Last week, I shared that my children really enjoy the Melody, Mystery, and Mayhem podcast from TruthBeautyGoodness.net. The older two enjoy the Classics for Kids all about Classical music, it’s composers, and styles. They’re short, 6 minute podcasts and quite well done. I’d love for you to tell me what podcasts your children enjoy. Please,…
The Simple Woman’s Daybook for May (MAY!?!) 2, 2016
For Today… Outside my window…. it’s that glowy kind of stormy dark sky that I love. I am thinking… about the RAR webinar on Shakespeare I’m about to join. I am thankful… for all the work of the RAR peeps to put these events on. I am wearing… Buckeye pajamas. I am creating… lists. Lots…
Our Weekly Amble for April 25-29, 2016
It’s been a while since I’ve written about Our Weekly Amble. While it’s one of my favorite posts to write, sometimes when I get to the weekend things are moving too fast and I’m too tired to get it written. We had a good week this week. Back to Circle Time – which I’ve decided…
Attend! Serving Others
This winter and spring, on Instagram, I’ve often been posting our breakfasts — when I’ve cooked. For several weeks, I consistently posted ideas or suggestions, then I stopped. Because I stopped making breakfast. Admittedly it was because I got sick, but I didn’t pick the habit back up when I felt better. I started back…
Wednesdays with Words: Excessive Awe; Excessive Bias
Jason and I are reading Josef Pieper’s Leisure: The Basis of Culture together. This is a book I ordered for one of Cindy Rollins’s book club lo these many years ago but never read. I finally got it into my head that I really ought to did want to read it and the most likely…
Podcast Addicted: Cultivating the Kingdom
Allison Burr of TruthBeautyGoodness.net has three excellent podcasts. My favorite, and the flagship podcast, is Cultivating the Kingdom. In Cultivating the Kingdom, she speaks with experts in their fields about theology and its impact on our daily living. Whether discussing how to read and teach the Bible with children, the place of lament in the…