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• John Oehler, Bringer of Fire

  

  Title: The Bringer of Fire: An Outback ThrillerAuthor: John OehlerISBN: 9798334925120Genre: Fiction/ ThrillerPages: 298 In late January, John Oehler’s wife,... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2025 BOOKS, CULTURE

• One More Year of Reading

  It has been a year since I last wrote a blog post. The choir girl in me starts humming “Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes” as soon as I thin... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2024 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Raising Grateful Kids…

  Raising Grateful Kids in an Entitled World: How One Family Learned That Saying No Can Lead to Life’s Biggest Yes by Kristen WelchMy rating: 3 of 5 starsWhen I... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2023 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Medieval Homeschooling with a Twist

  

  One thing about homeschooling I love is the ability to really dive into subjects and LIVE there. We follow a classical model, with a Charlotte Mason bent,... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2022 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Cross-Denomination Book Club

  

  One of my favorite things is how the Body of Christ works in many places at once. I love when four or five churches in a community are moving to do the same... Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2022 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A Year of Homeschooling Peacefully in the Ancient Times

  

  The school year began, for me, in a bit of chaos. My son was born over the summer. My mother had died. In addition to my newborn son, I had two extra children i... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2022 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Instilling Financial Wisdom

  

  Title: Stock Market Investing For TeensAuthor: Myles WestISBN: 9798416564322Pages: 149 Theme Music: The FatRat Warrior Songs: Reminiscence Ok, maybe the Theme... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2022 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Thornton Burgess Nature Stories

  

  A year ago today, I was reading Cinnabar the One O’Clock Fox by Marguerite Henry with my daughter. We were in the middle of studying American History and what... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2022 BOOKS, CULTURE

• North American History and Some Confusion Over Canada

  

  We read through history chronologically, something those who have read this blog for awhile are perhaps well aware. In doing so, we tend to skip around the glob... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2021 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Whirlwind in the Thorn Tree

  

  “Why are the virgins trimming their wicks?”We were listening to Johnny Cash’s When the Man Comes Around. Not but a month or two ago we discussed how it was a... Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2021 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Thanksgiving 2020

  

  Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. Pretty much always has been, because, well… FOOD. I love the food. I love the deep fried turkey, I love the dressing... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Jamestown

  

  We spent the month of October studying Jamestown, Pocahontas, and John Smith. We also read a few things on Galileo, since he was making discoveries and writing... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Atchafalaya Basin

  

  One of the beauties of homeschooling is the ability to pick up and take school into the world. We love field trips. I realized recently that I always refer to... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Mysteries of History Part Three: Roanoke

  

  The world is full of things we’ll never know and one thing I do know is that the more I learn, the more I realize I don’t know.As a child, the story of Roanoke... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Mysteries of History, Part Two: The Americas

  

  From what I can tell from Felipe Fernández-Armesto’s Goodreads biography and résumé, the man is half journalist and half historian. Perhaps, that’s why I enjoye... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Mysteries of History Part One

  

  One of the misconceptions of homeschooling is that one or both parents are doing ALL the teaching. Sometimes that’s true. But most of what homeschooling is abou... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Do Fish Spend Wisely?

  

  Title: Save Money and Spend Wisely During and After the Economic CrisisAuthor: Dana WiseIt’s been awhile since I regularly read books sent to me by the author o... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Homeschooling Chemistry and Physics

  

  This year at Atrium (my kiddo’s co-op), I’ve been teaching science with a bit more purpose than I did last year. Last year consisted of a lot of impromptu... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Vikings!

  

  Kiddo is studying Early American History at co-op this year. So, naturally, we’re already super into it.I thought we’d be diving into the Pilgrims or the... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Homeschooling During Covid

  We’ve always homeschooled, thank God. Educating this way has been the biggest blessing of our lives. Post-divorce, during single motherhood, it was the easiest... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE