inspired by GailV’s series
Archive for January, 2009
Wordless Wednesday
Posted in home on January 28, 2009 | 5 Comments »
A Quote and a Question
Posted in A Quote and a Question, adventure, quotes on January 27, 2009 | 4 Comments »
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“If we cannot conquer our personal fears, then a life of a thousand years is a tragedy.
If we can conquer them, then a life of a single day is a triumph.” Bruce Lee
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What’s the worst that can happen – and, really, aren’t you tougher than that?
Cocoa-Peanut Porridge
Posted in handmade, recipe on January 26, 2009 | 16 Comments »
The other week, I invented a new way to eat porridge*, one so good I had to share it. Problem is, I only remember after I’ve inhaled the stuff. Even here, I took the picture after I’d eaten a good two-thirds.
I eat porridge every morning, usually with a banana cut into it after cooking for [...]
Nature walk
Posted in adventure, field trips, homeschooling, quotes on January 23, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Setting:
cloudy and dark
ice fog
river bend
warm winter day
Sounds:
dog sniffing
whacking of wood on wood
crunching snow underfoot
cars from nearby road
Colours:
white
grey
ochre
red
brown
Discoveries:
three black feathers
three little mammal holes
large hollows in the snow, grouped in threes or fours, on the deer trails. Deer overnight?
nature repairs moods
nature repairs a strained relationship
large cocoon
small stars pretending to be seeds
I fought the urge to brighten these [...]
Frozen moments
Posted in adventure, homeschooling, parenting on January 22, 2009 | 10 Comments »
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Sandra, prompted by her grammar program to learn the workings of a dictionary, is inspired to look up the definition of ‘ecology’ in more than one source, type her findings, and bring them to her ecology teacher (my father). She is increasingly certain that she would like to be a scientist of some sort, with [...]
A Quote and a Question
Posted in A Quote and a Question, homeschooling, parenting, quotes on January 20, 2009 | 4 Comments »
“Men become builders by building houses, harpers by playing the harp. Similarly, we become just by doing just acts, brave by doing brave acts.” Aristotle
Is there some area in your life (or that of your children, homeschoolers) in which a focus on theory and study is keeping you in the stage of ‘thinking of’ [...]
Dreamer, keep dreaming
Posted in Project 365, adventure, books, field trips, homeschooling on January 19, 2009 | 10 Comments »
We knew we would be moving here at about the same time that we knew we would be a homeschooling family. I had a clear vision, a prescient waking dream: we would walk to a fabulous tea shop that was a gleaming gem of a local treasure, pull out our various books, and settle in [...]
A new season
Posted in home on January 16, 2009 | 6 Comments »
It’s the season for oranges. The world is grey and white and blue, but the supermarket is full of heavy oranges, soft mangoes, ripe bananas. The warmest colours for this chill time. I am surprised every year. A season of contrasts.
Can’t migrate
Posted in home, knitting on January 15, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Those who can’t migrate…stay insulated.
Letting it Work
Posted in homeschooling on January 14, 2009 | 11 Comments »
Not making it work, just letting it work.
Those of you with children who mostly go along with your plans or who have no need to walk a road made bumpy by learning disorders, may not understand what I am saying. But homeschooling is finally working. I have new ideas this January, but I [...]
