This thing happened today.
This thing happened today. Dare I say, a magical thing. Let us, first, remember that I am a mother of four children. Not a ton. But plenty to keep up…
Read MoreIt’s not always glamorous or clean, but at least life on the farm is entertaining, beautiful, and oh-so-delicious. Follow along with recipes, dreams and confessions, and garden growing here.
This thing happened today. Dare I say, a magical thing. Let us, first, remember that I am a mother of four children. Not a ton. But plenty to keep up…
Read MoreMy life is ordinary and that’s perfect. No really! It is. My days are spent homeschooling four little ones, building and sustaining a farm, running a business, washing the dishes,…
Read MoreWe’re asked about ‘how we homeschool’ often. I’ve enlisted the help of my wonderful husband, Stuart, to help create a new series of blog posts based around the philosophy and…
Read MoreJust because my kids are cute (and they really, really are) doesn’t mean they get out of doing farm kid chores. In fact, their cuteness may even make things worse…
Read MoreI cannot foresee any day in the future better than this one. For as far back as I can remember, Stuart and I have been in a state of self-induced-chaos….
Read MoreBy Stuart Elliott Anthony Esolen said, while speaking about his book “10 Ways to Destroy the Imagination of your Child”, that if you want to ensure your child doesn’t develop…
Read MoreBy Stuart Elliott “Participation in a story, a narrative, a life that has others in a web of relationships that create, sustain, and enlighten meaning and purpose is the great…
Read MoreBy Stuart “A safe fairy-land is untrue to all worlds” -J.R.R. Tolkien Mention homeschooling in conversation and you will inevitably get a variety of responses ranging from general suspicion to…
Read MoreBy Stuart “Concealed in the world we have is a world greater than we can imagine”- Mark Helprin from In Sunlight and in Shadow (here). I thought I had been…
Read MoreI’m not quite sure how it happened. And yet, here I am. Staring at small stacks of beautiful and fresh curriculum books. It makes me want to sharpen pencils. And,…
Read MoreAnd as experience is the best teacher, I’m here to share with you how to bake better bread at home. Save yourself years of bad loaves. My many baking flops are your gain. Here’s how to bake better bread at home.
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