As you know I was at the Great Homeschool Convention in Cincinnati almost two weeks ago. It was a wonderful time of learning, encouragement, and being surrounded by like-minded friends. Perhaps you know that I don’t stay down at the Duke Energy Center all weekend; I don’t get a hotel room and stay downtown. Rather,…
I apologize for missing last week’s Wednesdays with Words. I was overwhelmed with words and unprepared to write them out and then it was suddenly Thursday. If you posted a WwW last week, please, please share it as well as todays post! I have another from my children’s reading. This is from the AOY6 book…
For Today… Looking out my window … the sky is crystalline with occasional puffy clouds. The windows are open. The grass is bright spring green. Lovely. I am thinking … about all the things I learned this weekend. And laundry. I am thankful … for the Great Homeschool Conventions, family, and friends who make it…
“Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.” ― Francis Bacon, The Collected Works of Sir Francis Bacon I don’t remember where I read this one. I don’t think I’ve shared it before for WwW. Someone reminded me of it because it was…
It may be break week, but swamped … some day I’ll have a quote. I still want to read yours. Love ya’ll! ‘);
For Today… Looking out my window … the grass is turning that lush springtime green. I am thinking … about too many things at once. I am thankful … for the Youth Rally that was held over the weekend at church. M-girl had a wonderful time and learned so much. She’s really dragging today, though….
I chose this quote from the Kindred Conference because in many ways it summed up the overarching theme I heard there. Both Cindy and Angelina presented this idea, although in very different ways. The idea of a philosophy fits well with education – and with mothering as well. Cindy’s talks were about realistic family life…
For Today… Looking out my window … it’s a dark night. I am thinking … about all the things from the weekend. There were a lot of them. I am thankful … that I got to go to the Kindred Conference with Cindy Rollins and Angelina Stanford. They were amazing. I got to drive with…
“Fields and hedges, hedges and fields? Peace and plenty, plenty and peace. However, it may seem dull, now that the grass is cut; but you would not have said so two months ago, when the fields were all golden-green with buttercups, and the whitethorn hedges like crested waves of snow.” Charles Kingsley, Madam How, Lady…