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“Home – there is a magic in that little word. It is a mystic circle that surrounds comforts and virtues never known beyond its hallowed limits.”
Robert Southey
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Despite the appearance, I’m not going for sarcasm here. Finding a mental balance between the visual ideal and the human being ideal has been a vital journey for [...]
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A Quote and a Question
Posted in A Quote and a Question, adventure, home, homeschooling, parenting, quotes on November 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A Quote and a Question
Posted in A Quote and a Question, quotes on November 17, 2009 | 4 Comments »
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To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others.
Anne-Sophie Swetchine
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What is the magnetic north of your love right now?
Posted in A Quote and a Question, handmade, homeschooling, quotes on November 10, 2009 | 3 Comments »
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Has identifying the minimum in different areas of your life brought you clarity and space?
A Quote and a Question
Posted in A Quote and a Question, adventure, handmade, home, quotes on November 3, 2009 | 8 Comments »
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Use, do not abuse; neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy.
Voltaire
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What are some of your favourite pleasures?
A Quote and a Question
Posted in A Quote and a Question, Project Spectrum, art, handmade, quotes on October 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
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With the most primitive means the artist creates something which the most ingenious and efficient technology will never be able to create.
Kasimir Malevich
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How do we make time for, make a priority of, the beautiful inefficiencies?
A Quote and a Question
Posted in A Quote and a Question, adventure, handmade, knitting, quotes on October 20, 2009 | 11 Comments »
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“Although it may seem unbelievable to those who have not lived it, every potential project in the stash, no matter how long it has been there, was at some time supposed to be ‘next’.”
Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
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What’s next for you?
A Quote and a Question
Posted in A Quote and a Question, adventure, quotes, travel on October 13, 2009 | 3 Comments »
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“Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.”
Samuel Johnson
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Can we? What? Who? How? Is it really? Why? Why not?
A Quote and a Question
Posted in A Quote and a Question, quotes, travel on October 6, 2009 | 11 Comments »
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It is so much more interesting to be imperfect than it is to be perfect.
Dr. Christian Sorensen
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If perfection isn’t even the point, why do we lift it up as though it were?
A Quote and a Question
Posted in A Quote and a Question, adventure, home, quotes on September 29, 2009 | 20 Comments »
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“Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.”
George Eliot
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What is your favourite part of autumn?
Posted in A Quote and a Question, Project Spectrum, adventure, field trips, quotes on September 22, 2009 | 6 Comments »
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“Though no one can go back and make a new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new end.”
Carl Bard
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Where have you pointed your path? What wind fills your sails?
