For Today… Looking out my window … it’s been rainy and now will just be hot and humid. I am thinking … about some upcoming blog posts – adding to my scaffolding series and one on the “riches.” I am thankful … for the Set Your Feet Retreat and how well it went last week…
[This post is a devotional I wrote for a baby shower. I hope it’s an encouragement to you.] One of the biggest struggles I faced as a new mom was wanting to do everything exactly right and being certain I’d do everything exactly wrong. This self-doubt led only to comparison, worry, and fear. I compared…
For Today… Looking out my window … it’s getting dark. I heard a rumble of thunder a bit ago – hope it cools things off overnight. I am thinking … about Mason’s three tools actually, I’m stewing about my son’s baseball game tonight and how adults ruin things for kids. I am thankful … that he’s…
How the Irish Saved Civilization by Thomas Cahill My rating: 3 of 5 stars Own. I’m going to actually give it 3.5 because the first half of the book was so good. I started this on the beach and read for about 4 hours straight (ish) what with watching kids and people and dogs thrown…
Beowulf by Unknown My rating: 5 of 5 stars A friend of mine loaned me her copy of Burton Raffel’s translation of Beowulf. I’d been listening to Seamus Heaney’s Beowulf with my kids and was surprised by the Christian themes I heard. My friend thought the introductory essay in this edition was worth reading and…
For Today… Looking out my window … the sun has gone to bed and so must I. Soon. I am thinking … scaffolding, personhood, paideia, Irish civilization, the Ideal Type. Something’s bound to bump into something else up there. I am thankful … for a wonderful vacation with my wonderful inlaws. One of my favorite…
Sit by Deborah Ellis My rating: 4 of 5 stars I sat to read Sit by Deborah Ellis while watching the kids – my kids and my nephews – playing blissfully in the pool while on vacation. While I would never say that sadness, hardship, or even violence have never touched their teen and pre-teen…
Last week, (Feb 26- March 2) was like a perfect storm. On Sunday, the end of break week, I was home sick with a horrible head cold. On Monday, we began our new term, the Warm-Up Week for Homeschool Consistency Boot Camp, and I was curating for Charlotte Mason IRL on the topic of Break…
For Today… Looking out my window … it’s dark out. I has been a long day and I’m glad to be sitting down to my laptop to write a post. I am thinking … friends who homeschool in very difficult circumstances. My heroes. I am thankful … for my cuppa tea. One of my favorite…
This past week was Break Week at the Garrett Academy. We worked hard for six weeks and were ready for something different. I kept telling my kids that Break Week does not equal vacation, and it doesn’t. Break week is still work – it’s just different work … and this week proved it. There’s a proverb…