If I had it to do all over again, I would have taken last week off completely from school and then begin on tomorrow after the holiday. I can always tell when my mind is spinning, and the product of that level of angst and confusion usually isn’t good. Yet, I was so determined to […]
Repost: The Bullard Family Constitution
I originally published this post two years ago when our kids were completing American History. In the midst of a chaotic 2-3 weeks, I happened to glance upon the refrigerator and see a hard copy of the document they produced below. So I thought to repost this entry, if only to remind myself of the […]
What’s Been Happening?
Apparently, there are a number of bird watchers/ lovers in my midst. It blessed me to “hear” from several of you and to watch the previous blog post get distributed, then redistributed, then… Thank you! On top of all of that, as if the Lord said, “You ain’t seen nuthin’ yet,” the first red-breasted robin visited us soon after I published […]
The Indoor Nature Study
Just a few weeks back, I wrote an article for Heart of the Matter entitled “Getting Rid of the Winter ‘Blahs’ “. I wrote that article when it was 30 degrees here–as a high. I now have to laugh at the positioning of myself–even if only briefly–as an expert in winter weather given that we’re […]
Our Pseudo-Winter, and Unplugged Days
I’m in the process of writing an article regarding how to move forward from the I’ve-done-nothing-that-I-originally-planned-to-do-and-winter-is-making-me-miserable blues, and I’ve had a chance to live this article over the last few days. We don’t see much winter here, but when it does come, we learn how unprepared we are for it. (Interestingly enough, I read where […]