A Homeschool Story

Beauty in the quarry Gael and I took a trip to hunt for fossils here; a quarry near home My early morning biking partner (cut...

This IS life; a non-stop merry-go-round of offs and ons, stops, starts, and days when you feel like it just keeps turning round and round i...

Though this idea of NoNoWriMo has me feeling like my daily 2500 words are mere trash spilled onto a blank canvas, at the same time, memories...

...also known as NaNoWriMo , here in the US. I am sitting on my new kitchen window seat with an eye on the coffee machine as it brews vineg...

                                               TUESDAY (July 11, 2017) Charles is off at Boy Scout camp; and the forecast is strong storm...

The idea of finding peace and leading a fulfilled life through submission or surrender is one that is found in every spiritual practice the...

Here is my sweet boy, Duncan, 19 and finally getting his first car, with his own, hard-earned money, the way it simply must be in a family ...

What if...obligations were opportunities in disguise. What if "family time"with older children, in the United States, was easily ...

Flock Herd Because my family is more like a bunch of goat kids with their own wild ideas and dispositions, than a docile bunch of geese, ...

The first of the "summer birthdays" has come and been duly celebrated in our home. Crazy party photos below. It was a big one for...

First, I want to wish my mom a happy day and tell you how much you mean to me! And this to all of the mothers in my life, and all of ...

Lucy, my daughter's cockatiel, has a taste for literature, liberty, and coffee. Note that the one she is nibbling on is "Frightful...

Dear Dad, I am so glad you are alive! When you came out of surgery yesterday, all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, impossible hospital gown ...

Valentine, 15, wanted just one thing with all her heart, for her birthday and for Christmas for the next 36 years, etc...tickets to see......