I just realized this morning that I was being insulted yesterday. That is, I felt the interaction was unfair, and that I somehow wasn’t saying the right thing, but I was not aware until today how (basically) rude and provoking the people were being. In their defense, they may not Read more »
Category Archives: Homeschooling
Cut 6,000 words
And it was relatively easy. I wanted to do more, but found it was easier to see what was unnecessary in the first half that I had rehashed already. I trust I’ll be able to do it in the second half once it’s done. Life’s been full. That’s what blog-silence Read more »
Still Chipping Away
I’ve officially made it to the half-way mark. Yay me. More accurately, Yay God for providing the people who share my world and my kids. I’ve worked on my novel on the mornings my children play with friends, and in the evenings I’ve been continuing to get ready for school. Read more »
The Best Laid Plans…
My computer is now en route to Dell for Doctoring. Jay transferred my e-mail and Firefox to a stick that I am able to work off of, but apparently my novel and related documents (including the most-current version of my novel) are on a different stick that has been misplaced. Read more »
Another 24-inch Stack from the Library
I considered taking a picture, or listing titles, but then I figured I’d rather be reading than promoting. So here I am, emerging for a breath of air before I decide how (or where) to dive back in. I’ve been revisiting my how of homeschooling (never the why or whether Read more »
Natasha’s Path to Reading.
This began as a comment on Karen’s My Two Cents on Learning to Read, but quickly grew into a story, so I moved it here. I find this topic interesting because my oldest (the only one truly reading yet) falls squarely between the “whole language” and “phonics” models. (Jay proposed Read more »
Life Summary for 08-08
I “sat a booth” at my local state fair for five hours today. Then I collected my children from my mother before meeting some friends who proceeded to keep me company and help corral kids until nearly 10 tonight. The interesting thing about sitting a booth is that you see Read more »
July Links– largely homeschooling
Stuff I’ve left open in tabs for a few days and decided I wanted to link. Practical Ways to Cultivate Spirituality in a Child: Part 1 For the youngest children, i.e., mine are almost there. Your time: Ten not so respectful answers Deliciously snarky answers to express your busy-ness. The Read more »
Made for Useful Work
Remembering this line of thought I tried to articulate some months ago, I found an excerpt that put a nice bow on it: I think the feminist movement has denied a good deal of what it is to be a woman by denying the innate desire to be home, raising Read more »
Made for This
Do you ever get the idea that you’ve been in training all your life for something, and didn’t know it? And, maybe, the quirky parts of your personality that felt more distracting than helpful, that they advanced this something? I have been wrestling the ugly side of my propensities for Read more »
