For who has despised the day of small things? – Zechariah 4:10 So, this day started out like so many…
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Shakespeare and the Starlings
Last fall, we had a huge flock of strange birds take over our feeders for one day. Many of them…
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Science Narration Journals
I have no particular talent. I am merely inquisitive. – Albert Einstein When my two oldest, now graduated, entered the…
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Walnuts Plumping
“Harvest Home” is from one of my favorite poetry books, The Year Around. I read this to the children recently. …
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My Calendar of Firsts
It is a capital plan for the children to keep a calendar––the first oak-leaf, the first tadpole, the first cowslip,…
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“Degrees of Separation” or “Your Child’s Future Sanity”
So I asked the group of adults sitting around the table, “What odors or sensations evoke strong, positive memories from…
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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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Surprise Trust Falls
Little Jack tells me that he has been participating in some new collegiate hi-jinks. This one is called “surprise trust…
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On Being a Pushover
There are two situations in which my children can count on me being a complete pushover. The first is pregnancy.*…
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