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September 2014

September 17, 2014

Wordy Wednesday: Cause and Effect

I have lately been interested in the natural out working of those small throwaway decisions...

September 13, 2014

Week Two Learning Notes

Notes 9/8-9/12MondayRose from my by bed twice. Once to take a shower and then, much...

September 11, 2014

{phfr}: ordinary time

Hope no one is inclined to point out that I am in a blogging rut,...

September 08, 2014

Week One Learning Notes

Wrote these notes slowly through the last week and intended to post them up on...

September 05, 2014

7 “Grateful” Takes

OneAbout to leap in the shower and try to drain the contents of my muffled...

September 04, 2014

{phfr}: making a start

Took a large bright colored pill last night which sent my poor coughing body finally...

September 03, 2014

Plans or Something

Isn't there some cliche about a person's best laid plans? I actually don't know what...

September 01, 2014

Monday Morning Haze

The leaves really are changing. There is a tiny flash of crimson up the hill...

August 2014

August 26, 2014

I’ve got a lot to do…ACK!

Making all kinds of efforts to put things in order this week before I actually...

August 06, 2014

Wordy Wednesday: Reality

Wednesdays are piano day. The piano teacher comes at 8:40 after already being at other...

August 01, 2014

7QT: Paint Paint Paint

One Praise The Lord July is over. A couple more days of painting and then...

July 2014

July 22, 2014

Spam, and going the distance

I've actually just used up all my blogging time sifting through the mire of comment...

July 18, 2014

Seven Bits of Things that are Nice

OneI really love Memoria Press. I know I said I wouldn't talk curriculum, but, oh...

July 16, 2014

Just Getting Started

I might start school today. I've been thinking I would every week for the last...

July 07, 2014

Homeschooling from a Place of Failure

I recently came across a really lovely blog. It has a lovely name, with the...

June 2014

June 20, 2014

7 Takes About Some Stuff

One Elphine is down burning french toast. It smelled really glorious for about thirty seconds...

May 2014

May 20, 2014

Legalistic Grace

I am much addicted to mommy blogs, when I'm not obsessively reading the news (which...

April 2014

April 02, 2014

Wordy Wednesday: Words Won’t be Enough

Someone recently asked me something like, how do I turn a bad day around? An...

March 2014

March 31, 2014

Various Vulgarities

I've had this on the wall of my school room for a bunch of years.It...

March 28, 2014

And So The Long Day Wore On

I woke up during the night to the sound of rain and a child crying...

March 13, 2014

Bearing Bravely Up My Chin

One of my Lenten "thoughts", I won't say spiritual discipline because I don't know that...

September 2013

September 11, 2013

memory work and a long ago bright sunny tragic day

We've been chipping away at our school year for many a week now but I...

August 2013

August 30, 2013

7 boring quick takes: first week of school edition

oneIt's possible that our first week of school has been a success. I remain cautiously...

June 2013

June 07, 2013

don’t ask me for food

I have been in bed for two days. Well, not really in bed, more languishing...

March 2013

March 13, 2013

emerging

Slowly.Slowly emerging.We had some lovely visitors. Stand Firm Family, as it were. All the lovely...

February 2013

February 05, 2013

work, it won’t save you but it’s still a good idea

I've been mulling over the Christian concept of Work over the past many weeks, not...

September 2012

September 27, 2012

a novel idea i had that i thought i’d share

Every year, the instant I've clicked the last 'purchase' button or 'pay now' or whatever,...

August 2012

August 28, 2012

a little learning

So what are we doing this year, for school?Some of you asked, perhaps foolishly, but...

August 27, 2012

a new school year, all fresh and shiny

The children swimming in that beautiful lake.So we've been back to school for two weeks....

May 2012

May 16, 2012

poetry

There once were six children all whiningIn spite of their mother's insane cryingThat they should...