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The Tipping Point
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown, and Company, 2000)...
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Tuesday Ditty
I want my kids to develop and never lose their creativity. As the Project Based Homeschooling blog keeps telling me, the best...
The Presiding Bishop's Visit
Tomorrow our choir will be singing as the Presiding Bishop of the American Episcopal Church comes to our church. Unfortunately, we...
Seven Quick Takes Friday
This isn’t an official Quick Takes (I don’t know how), but I’ve had a lot on my mind and I can’t wait to share...
Hannah Coulter
Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry; audiobook published by christianaudio Fiction and narrated by Susan Denaker With Hannah...
Declutter Moment #1
The other day I picked up my repaired glasses from the shop. They came in a handy pouch made of glass cleaner cloth. For...
Heretical Thoughts on Health Care
Most of those who know me also know that I don’t like the government being involved in our health care, for too many reasons than...
Leaving Microsoft to Change the World
Leaving Microsoft to Change the World: An Entrepreneur's Odyssey to Educate the World's Children by John Wood (Collins, 2006)...
Joy
Tomorrow, Joy will turn two years old. (I almost said, "will celebrate her second birthday," but with so many sick folks around...
Update, Thursday Night
We seem to be going in the wrong direction. The sick list now includes: Jon, Heather, Porter, Jonathan, and Joy (relapse,...
Note to Self: The Future of Education
I founrd this article from the Project Based Homeschooling blog . How do we prepare our children for what's next? It's thought...
Update, One Week Post-Birth
Jeremiah is such a pleasant baby! I don't know how much is personality and how much is Heather's calm confidence in going through...
Bullet Update: Feb. 1-19 2013
Feb.2: Joseph counts by 11’s to 132 on his own. 4: Vivienne imitates her brother by launching herself headfirst into...
Focus 2013: The Home
I’m a mother. I’ve been trying to sit down and plan our goals for 2013 since early December. It’s now the...
Focus 2013: The Home
I’m a mother. I’ve been trying to sit down and plan our goals for 2013 since early December. It’s now the...
Jeremiah Patrick Daley
(photo taken shortly after birth) Jeremiah Patrick Daley Born 13 February 2013, 3 a.m. Weight: 8 pounds, 2...
The History of the Medieval World
The History of the Medieval World: From the Conversion of Constantine to the First Crusade by Susan Wise Bauer (W. W. Norton,...
I Like Birds: A Children's Story
I Like Birds is a video story created by my cousin, D.B. McLaughlin. The words, music, and photos are all his. Think of...
DragonBox
DragonBox is just one of the reasons I feel myself being dragged inevitably toward the tablet world. My reaction upon seeing my...
A Year with G.K. Chesterton
A Year with G.K. Chesterton: 365 Days of Wisdom, Wit, and Wonder editd by Kevin Belmonte (Thomas Nelson, 2012) How can you...
Illiteracy?
A comment made by Janet to my Quick Tourist's Conversion between Fahrenheit and Celsius post inspired these thoughts, and it seemed...
Simplicity Parenting
Simplicity Parenting: Using the Extraordinary Power of Less to Raise Calmer, Happier, and More Secure Kids by Kim John Payne...
Guitar Zero
Guitar Zero: The Science of Becoming Musical at Any Age by Gary Marcus (Penguin Books, 2012) Hooray for our library for...
Bullet Update (Dec. 2012 – January 2013)
I am so far behind in bullet updates, but here goes. Dec. 3: Vivienne is communicating more and more, she says...
Foundations 2013, One Month In - Part 2
The second goal I set for this project was not foundational in itself, but a subset of the fundamental goal of purposeful and deliberate...