A Homeschool Story

Iowa to France and Back Again

Tuesday, November 24, 2020

Retirement...What Comes Next? Giving Thanks for What Is

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"A year ago"...just the words are evocative of so much for every human on the planet, but they feel particularly poignant today, a...
Tuesday, September 22, 2020

French Learning: Skip the Boring-Start Speaking

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As my husband and I prepare to launch the first of a half a dozen French programs I have been dreaming up for years now, the topic on my min...
Friday, September 18, 2020

Arthritis, Osteoarthritis, Working Out and Utter Frustration

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My mind was occupied almost the entire time my body was participating in my gym class this morning;  chattering a mile a minute in time to t...
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Sunday, September 13, 2020

Spaghetti Sauce, Pesto and Other Joys of Being Home

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Back in the dutch oven with you. I gave the weepy sauce a mournful look, but then instantly it came to me that this year, it was OK.  This i...
Wednesday, September 2, 2020

Meditation, Radical Acceptance and Gratitude Leading to Joy out of Guilt

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The most extraordinary thing just happened, and you should know all about it. I would not have believed it if you told me it could happen, a...
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Friday, August 7, 2020

Homebound After Saying Goodbye to College Student: As Goes My Spirit, So Goes My Knitting or Vice-Versa

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I do not think I am quite ready to write about it yet, although it is not a heavy heart today, but a bright, hopeful one for the adventures ...
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Saturday, August 1, 2020

Language Learning and FRENCH

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Since the very first time I heard someone speak in Spanish, I was probably six or seven, and it was on a train in Chicago, all three of the...
Monday, May 11, 2020

Happy Mother's Day

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Happy Celebrate Our Mothers Day! I know I am a day late, it is so, so clear that this is Monday and not Sunday. The fact is that, yesterday...
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Thursday, April 23, 2020

Sanity Soothers and Sheltering at Home

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Things are maybe heating up at home, as this period of living under quarantine lags on. I've come up with a list of small things to hel...
Sunday, April 5, 2020

The Great Unread Books Fail

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Be honest; did you not at least think about reading all of the books you may have waiting unread on your shelves during this time of shelter...
Wednesday, March 25, 2020

Now Homeschooling? One Minute...and 2 hours

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Put kindness and love first. These are extraordinary times. Let's not make it any harder on ourselves than it needs to be. There is mor...
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Tuesday, March 24, 2020

Thank you, I am ready to receive the gift of this day

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was my thought as I ended an early morning "lying down meditation" which is not as good as a sitting up meditation, according to ...
Monday, March 23, 2020

Joys at Home...Because You Can't Be Anywhere Else

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The mood is more subdued on this first Monday of real life while under siege. It does feel like the encircling of some distant enemy right ...
Sunday, March 22, 2020

The Big, Giant, Choose-Your-Own Adventure-During-Quarantine Plan

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Now that we have had a full week of rest and relaxation, have you come up with What We're Going to Do yet? Besides survive, survival is...
Wednesday, March 18, 2020

Unexpected Homeschooling: You CAN Do This

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Wow; we are all in one big, worldwide homeschooling club, aren't we? And most of us had not expected to be here today. From the looks o...
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A Homeschool Story
This is my chronicle of pursuing knowledge, balance, nature in our lives, a Waldorf education, good food, wisdom and laughter, with my five kids and French husband, here, along the banks of the Mississippi and in France.
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