My friend Sally is gathering books for her homeschool this fall and she asked me if I had anything…
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Bees and Citizenship
” Do not keep the children day after day repeating what they already know; give them something new to call…
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My Mother is the Most Beautiful Woman in the World
“We do not love people because they are beautiful, but they seem beautiful to us because we love them.” –…
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Felicity of Mind
I stole this book from my mother’s bookshelf years ago. As a young girl, I remember seeing it on our…
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Saint Patrick’s Day: A Riddle, a Pot and a Book
Here’s my favorite St. Paddy’s Day riddle. Ready? Q: “What’s green and stays out all night?” A: “Paddy O’Furniture” Moving…
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The Point Hath Gone Missing
“Can we please listen and read the next act, Mom?” begged Abby (caught above reading the play). Abby is a…
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Great Books and Great Ideas – Why Bother?
A few years ago, when Tree and Little Jack were still in high school, a popular speaker and author was…
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Red Letter Days
One of the things that I am enjoying about blogging is sharing books with you that we have used and…
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Stupid like Thoreau
I’ve been constantly teaching some aspect of the writing process for over 15 years. Because we homeschool, I get to…
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St. Valentine
I’d like to share about a favorite living book for Valentine’s Day. When I pulled this one off the shelf,…
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The Race that Knows Joseph
Today, I received a lovely Christmas letter via snail mail from a friend that I met last summer at a…
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Firsts
First smile. First word. First step. Many children have creative, diligent mothers who chronicle these milestones for their children. Unfortunately,…
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