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Old Readers
I’m getting school figured out for the coming year. I plan to start school the day after Labor Day. Just too much going on this month to start any sooner. We will be continuing where we left off with Sonlight Core 6 (World History, part 1) in the spring. I am hoping to finish by Christmas and start Core 7…
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Nature Studies
So today I decided I would make the effort to take my children on a nature walk a la Charlotte Mason. It was a noble idea. We drove out to the lake and parked by a popular picnic area with several trails around it. We pretty much had the place to ourselves this early in the season. The air was…
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The Ancient One
“…anyone would follow a god who is always good to him, who is always there. But the Ancient One wants men and women who will serve Him when they feel as dry as dust in their hearts, when they’ve cried out, yet the heavens are silent. Those who feel as alone as is possible for a human being to feel,…
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And the Shofar Blew
Definitely a page-turner! I have read most of Francine Rivers’ books and they are all so good. I could really relate to this one. Here’s a quote from the book I thought was especially good: “[The pastor] had softened his message. He no longer taught the foundational classes. His sermons brushed over the gospel and zeroed in on the good…
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Year in Review 2004
I don’t often take the time to do the quizzes that go around, but I do want to write my “year in review” today for my scrapbook, so I thought this might be a good place to start. I’ve seen this on several other sites… (It’s kinda long so I’m going to cut some of the questions I don’t have…
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Charlotte Mason
I’ve heard a lot about the Charlotte Mason method of homeschooling but had never taken the time to read her books. I discovered this week that our local support group’s library has them, so I checked out the first two. She has some very interesting ideas! Most of them good… especially considering that they were written a hundred years ago.…
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Fort Clatsop
From Wikipedia: " Fort Clatsop was the encampment of the Lewis and Clark Expedition in the Oregon Country near the mouth of the Columbia River during the winter of 1805-1806."Our girls were 8 and 11 when we visited there in March 2004. We had been learning about Lewis and Clark in our homeschool studies that year, so it was fun…
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Rocky Mountain National Park
Our vacation in 2004 took us to the Colorado Rockies. We had a pop-up camper that year. We spent a night or two at a campground near Estes Park. We planned our route to take us through Rocky Mountain National Park. The highway was long and twisty with slow speed limits but the views were spectacular. We also enjoyed several…
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The Crown of Eden
“…nothing we do can destroy the order and beauty of the master tapestry. Each of us is given a thread and a pattern for its weaving. We are utterly free to weave our thread either by the pattern or in defiance of it. But regardless of how we weave it, we will always find that our thread has been anticipated.…
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Caddie Woodlawn
Here’s a quote from Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink, which I read aloud as part of our homeschool curriculum this year. It was one of my favorite books growing up and my daughters enjoyed it, too. It is based on a true story and takes place in Wisconsin in the mid-1860’s. If you haven’t read the book, Caddie is…
