It is a beautifully sunny, 74-degree day here in coastal Texas, and with the oldest at college and our son at the dentist, the youngest decided to school outside. Funny, this was my vision when we first began homeschooling—days outside on a picnic blanket, completing schoolwork and viewing exotic animals. (You can stop laughing now). […]
The Value of Not Planning (too much)
Right after I posted my last post, I ran across this quote while reading someone else’s blog. Miss Mason speaks here to the heart of not over-planning: “They must be left to themselves for a good part of the day to take in their own impressions of nature’s beauty. There’s nothing worse than children being […]
The Do-Nothing Summer
This post could have just as easily have been entitled “Second Week of Summer,” but my heart is not to document how we spend each week of what I anticipate to be a 10-week break from our school routine. But this was a week of “ah-has,” as we called them in my corporate days–the point […]
Uncertainty
Uncertainty. 1. The condition of being uncertain; doubt. 2. Something uncertain: the uncertainties of modern life. Synonyms: uncertainty, doubt, dubiety, skepticism, suspicion, mistrust These nouns refer to the condition of being unsure about someone or something. Uncertainty, the least forceful, merely denotes a lack of assurance or conviction: I regarded my decision with growing uncertainty. […]
Excerpt from Caddie Woodlawn
Caddie’s father’s words to her, reflecting upon her fear of growing up and becoming a young lady: ‘It is the sisters and wives and mothers, you know, Caddie, who keep the world sweet and beautiful. What a rough world it would be if there were only men and boys in it, doing things in their […]