anniversary afternoon rainshower
August 12, 2009
It was a hot summer day yesterday, wonderfully so after all the rain we've had this summer. Having decided to make a special supper for my family to celebrate our anniversary I subjected myself to even more heat by firing up the stove to cook roasted tomato & basil soup, ...
Life in the Woods ~ Life in the City
August 10, 2009
Two weekends ago, our family was camping in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. This past weekend Damien took the kids on the longest hike they've ever been on, almost 8 miles, up the highest mountain they've ever climbed (the 4th highest in Maine in fact). They were gone for ...
Saturday's flowers
August 10, 2009
While my family was off hiking in the mountains yesterday I spent most of my day gardening. First I cut flowers for indoors. A fresh bouquet with steaming coffee, ahh... the very best way to start a day. sunflower leaf Then I worked. I weeded, pruned and deadheaded in all ...
Home ~ A place of Welcoming
August 8, 2009
I want friends, family and strangers to feel welcome here. But the people I want most of all to feel welcome are my husband and children. This is their place for resting, creating, learning, eating, growing and sharing. Without them this house is just that and nothing more.
The economics of eating local
August 7, 2009
I don't know what things are like where you live but around here local foods cost more. This seems a shame but the reality is that local food costs reflect the true cost of food.
August homeschool reads
August 6, 2009
I'm on a homeschool roll these days. Maybe because I'm working on the kid's portfolios for their review in a couple weeks. I seem to recall being in an "education state of mind" last summer around this time. I've come across some interesting reads & listens lately that I wanted ...
Celine's dog Yvon
August 5, 2009
I have a bunch of things to say about project learning (not to be confused with unit studies), which I think just might be our method to this madness called homeschooling. Sometime I hope to get the ideas out of my head and onto this digital paper but in the ...
