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A poem a day… it takes less than a minute most days. Yet it enriches our thoughts immensely. Here is one I just loved from our our Poet this term, Sara Teasdale. Faultsby Sara Teasdale They came to tell your faults to me, They named them over one by one, I laughed aloud when they […]

The topic at our monthly CM discussion this month was: Discerning What is Good or Harmful for our Children in Literature, Art, Music, etc. We arrived to bubbling hot chocolate on the stove, fresh pot of coffee with Peppermint Mocha creamer and several treats to tempt the palate – what a warm welcome! Then to

I hope you had a blessed Thanksgiving! Here are a few photos from the past couple weeks capturing some fun moments: A close encounter with a Great Blue Heron… A first time volunteered recitation… precious. this counts as phys ed and science… An adorable handcraft – tutorial and template here. There’s no end to how

Here’s a video from our tromp along a trail earlier this week. We think this is one of Rabbit’s long lost Relations, but we’re not quite sure so we brought it home to see what will emerge. Any ideas what it might be? Here are some more pictures… praying mantis white sage gall that we

Images from Tokien’s Letters from Father Christmas Our last meeting was on the Holidays and there were some great ideas so I thought I’d post them all here. This is really just a list of my notes from the evening of things other than the typical advent calendar, caroling, etc. that are in no particular

Having played violin in an orchestra in Japan, my Mother loved classical music and often played it in our home when I was a little girl. Sometimes we would visit her older sister, in whose tiny home in Tokyo sat a Grand Piano, far too large for its surroundings, but an essential in their home.

We couldn’t find our bedtime free read last night, Caddie Woodlawn, so I asked my daughter to pick another book. She picked Robin Hood, which we never finished from last year, YR2, which never sat right with her (the not finishing). It was her favorite book last year she said because of the ‘words’ and

And the winner is…. jennebeker!! Congratulations!! You have won an autographed copy of “Raising Real Men“!! (jennebeker, please contact me with your address by Email and we’ll get your prize to you asap.) To make our giveaway interesting, I asked everyone to include with their submission, one thing most people do not know about them.