Posted in Journal on Aug 7th, 2008 Comments Off
I like this seasonal grouping of poetry, lore and photos.
From my to-do list:
Backpack for Sean
Get school bus schedule
Buy socks for Liam
Work on yard — firebreak
Get materials for refinishing exterior logs on house
Revise chore routine
Order and stack firewood for winter
Recent days have seemed drenched in the long golden light of late summer. […]
Posted in Journal on Aug 3rd, 2008 1 Comment »
“A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud.”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.”
- Aristotle
Our friends from the north have departed : (.
So much has happened in the last couple of weeks […]
Posted in Journal on Jul 19th, 2008 Comments Off
Liam has been asking if Clare and I would try to play parts on a Mozart piece he found (I don’t know the name but it’s a very recognizable one). It has three parts.
We actually have five guitars in the house — two acoustic, but three classical…. mine, and two that my […]
Posted in Journal on Jul 18th, 2008 2 Comments »
These “homeschool moments” are actually rather rare, so I thought I would memorialize one : ).
I was digging through old stuff and found a National Geographic planet diagram that I thought Aidan would like, because he has been in love with Saturn for the longest time. So I […]
Posted in Journal on Jul 17th, 2008 1 Comment »
Homeschooling Carnival up at Red Sea Homeschool.
The heading quote is
Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability. ~Sam Keen
Funny — I should make that our motto this summer, though we haven’t been lazy precisely; just very quiet. No camps except for football camp; no real learning enrichment; in fact, very little traveling at […]
Posted in Journal on Jul 11th, 2008 Comments Off
They are cutting down trees across the street. Nothing like a 50 foot sugar pine crashing to the ground to shake the house. Aidan has been delighted.
We drove down to our weekly homeschool meeting, but it had been cancelled — probably a good thing, because the air was bitter and dull […]
Posted in Journal on Jul 10th, 2008 1 Comment »
I thought I would try to get back into the habit of journalling the day here. I’ve gotten away from it because of being in “big picture” mode recently, but now I want to pay attention more consciously to what’s going on around here.
For one thing, it’s been HOT, as I mentioned. […]
Posted in Journal on Jun 27th, 2008 2 Comments »
I have continued to be immersed in planning. It takes on a life of its own, which becomes a bit scary when you think it over — at least, when I do.
Planning while my kids are left to the guidance of Pokemon Stadium and Sonic Hero? (cringing). This […]
Posted in Journal on Jun 19th, 2008 2 Comments »
Yes, I finally got around to it. And being the obsessive person that I am, I have been spending hours and hours getting everything just right. Now to see — will I be so sick of the books by the time August comes that I will throw the whole thing out […]
Posted in Journal on Jun 8th, 2008 1 Comment »
Draw me a leaf flag that’s blocked by the table. And a diamond flag, and an Indian flag.
AND 5 test tubes, and a needle.
AND an arm!
Aidan (describing the set-up of the hospital room where he gets his monthly blood draws).
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