I’ve never read To Kill a Mockingbird. I started it Friday night after buying it on First Friday. I didn’t get far, but I loved what I started and have been thinking about it. Waiting for dinner, we all have new books … The first paragraph spoke to me, from the rich language to the…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…