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“…strange archaic sympathies with the world”
The black curagh working slowly through this world of grey, and the soft hissing of the rain gave me one of the moods in which we realise with immense distress the short moment we have left us to...
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Learning German with Felix and Franzi
A few weeks ago the kids and I discovered a new-to-us resource for our German studies. The Goethe Institute has a set of comprehensive and quite entertaining lessons for children—fun, thorough, and...
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Heads up: good deal on Creativebug subscription
This is a stellar deal: If you’re a new Creativebug customer, you can try a membership for just $1 for three months. I’ve raved about Creativebug many times in the past—we make good use of our...
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“Look for a lovely thing and you will find it”
As often as not, this is what our Poetry Teatime looks like: circus animal cookies on a Dominoes napkin. Yesterday we didn’t even remember to bother with something to drink. Although it doesn’t take...
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Saturday night art date: polymer clay bugs
Image via Skillshare Rilla’s pick for our Saturday night art date: “How to Sculpt Beetles, Bugs and Scarabs Realistically” class at Skillshare. Delightful course. Really enjoyed the instructor,...
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Vicarious globetrotting
Nearly five years ago we planted a Trackable in a geocache near our home in San Diego. Since then, we’ve watched it travel back and forth across the United States, with jaunts to Honduras, Belize, and...
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Watercolor Florals with Peggy Dean
So here’s a fun thing: I got to take a watercolor class last Saturday. If Peggy Dean offers a workshop in your town, jump at the chance to take it! Three hours passed in a flash as we learned...
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A high tide week in May
Sick kids this week, and lots of IEP stuff going on. But golden hour doesn’t begin until 8pm these days, so I’ve managed plenty of long, rhapsodic evening walks. The light is glorious. I’m completely...
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Things I’m doing for fun these days
1. You know about the long, flower-drunk photo walks that carried me through the long, flower- Portland spring. I enjoy going through my photos later and marking a few to share on Instagram. I don’t...
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Creativebug sale now through July 17
Heads up: A year’s subscription to Creativebug at half price! (Affiliate link but I’m a genuine Creativebug addict and this is a great deal.)
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Time keeps on slipping, slipping
If anybody says the word “August” to me I shall scream, ’Enry ’Iggins, I shall scream. It’s simply Not Possible we are almost there. School doesn’t start for my rising 9th grader (!!! — now it’s your...
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Wednesday, late August
Ahhh. We got a good rain and the air has cleared up. Have been able to resume my long walks with no burning throat and streaming eyes. Felt like years since I’d made my favorite trek to the dog park...
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Stuff we’re enjoying
Toothpick puzzles Acrylic paints — today we made abstract paintings in bright colors to go on the living-room wall (pics later) This crochet pattern — I’m using up a bunch of leftover yarn I found...
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december 2: feederwatching
I took this photo a couple of weeks ago; most of those glorious leaves have fallen now and the sky is hung upon the bare arms of the trees. Light glows from behind the clouds. I hadn’t realized how...
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january 3: “I’m trying to see this place even as I’m walking through it”
1 Early-morning chat with our Jane before her flight back to California. But oh, we miss her. 2 Huck in my writing chair, reading me the day’s entry from what has become, these past three months, our...
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february 4: a monday in high tide
This is what’s happening while I’m reading aloud, in case you were wondering 1. I called for Huck and Rilla to join me for lesson time, and Huck yelled back that he was almost done reading Matilda,...
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best homeschooling purchase #1: discount markerboards
A quickie today: I’ve been getting lots of queries on Instagram about our puzzle boards as seen in the background of the pic, a few posts back, of Huck levitating off the sofa. Katharine asked about...
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Travel day!
Heading to Cincinnati this afternoon. Or rather, heading toward Cinci this afternoon—won’t arrive until fearfully early tomorrow morning. I don’t sleep well on planes (which maybe makes the redeye a...
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Brave Writer Staff Retreat Selfie Album
A collection in progress. I intend to keep adding photos as others share them. What a deep joy to spend time in the company of these smart, creative, funny, wholehearted homeschool moms/Brave Writer...
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