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Sick Day Science
February 8, 2011
We measured, mixed, and experimented with taste. We discussed plant properties, our immune system, and why steam rises. Biology and chemistry were the subjects of the day.
Year of the Move: Outsourcing & Compromises
February 7, 2011
After telling you my words for the month of January (and perhaps this whole winter as we prepare for our move) are organize and evaluate I'm ready to share two more, outsourcing and compromise. Making compromises and outsourcing parts of our life were the inevitable consequences of seriously evaluating our ...
Backpacking Light ~ A Recommended Resource
February 5, 2011
We're in the woods this weekend. Happy sigh... It's our annual trip to a cabin on a small mountain along the Maine coast, where we carry-in everything we need on our backs (minus shelter) for a cosy two night stay. Our inaugural trip, three years ago, was our family's first ...
Celebrating Chinese New Year
February 2, 2011
Celebrating Chinese New Year, with a big feast, was part of a homeschool study the kids and I have been doing this winter.
Year of the Move: Organize & Evaluate
February 2, 2011
{You'll want to read my follow up to this post in which I pretty much say I couldn't do what I laid out here in this post. Nothing like writing to keep you accountable.} I've noticed that picking a word for the month or even the year is a common ...
Celebrate Winter
January 31, 2011
I love having four seasons but winter has been the most challenging for me to embrace with my whole heart. Not as a child mind you. Aside from the "inevitable" colds and flus I experienced, winter as a child was fun. (An aside about colds and flus - my own ...
Saturday Morning Inspiration
January 29, 2011
Every Saturday morning (or Sundays if we hike on Saturday) during winter and fall I prepare baked Maine apples for breakfast. Sometimes I add frozen blueberries or raspberries also. We are still eating the raspberries from our marathon picking in early July. Saturday mornings start slow around our home. We ...
