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Fight Childhood Obesity -- Boycott School
I'm not sure what to think of the latest buzz that sitting for more than three hours a day takes two years off your life , particularly...
sursumcorda, 10 July 2012 |
Switch
Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard by Chip Heath and Dan Heath (Broadway Books, 2010) You don't get lots of...
Forever and Ever, Amen
Our generation has a problem with permanence. By "our generation" I mean to cover a large age span: whenever the seeds were...
Bullet Update June 7 – June 12: Mobility!
I often complain how hard motherhood is as much as I love it and as rewarding as it is. I feel obligated to disclose when...
Bullet Update May 1 – June 6
The calendar posted in our kitchen dedicated solely to the “Cute Things They Do” has been working quite well for recording...
Quiet
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain (Crown, 2012) I waited a long time for my...
Once Again, Google Triumphs
I remember when Google was the new kid on the block, and I deliberately chose to use it as my primary search engine, simply because...
A Good Reminder of a Major WHY of Homeschooling
I have so many things to write about, but am feeling a time crunch at the moment. Just so you know I haven't forgotten you...
Memrise for Learning
I've been experimenting with Memrise for several days—long enough to conclude it merits a mention. Memrise is a vocabulary...
Take That, CDC!
So, the CDC wants all of the "baby boom" generation tested for hepatitis C , in a move reminiscent of school teachers who punish the...
For Janet, and Our Other Coffee-Loving Friends
Study finds coffee-drinkers live longer The bad news? Lots of cream and sugar could negate the effect. The good...
Insanity in Indiana
Florida gets all too much press for crazy happenings, so it's about time another state took the spotlight. Was it another school...
Mother's Day Wisdom
Until Janet wrote a post that tops everything , this celebration of mothers from Lenore Skenazy was my favorite Mother's Day...
Mother’s Day Reflection
Two kids, two Mother’s Days. Time flies when you look backwards. On Sunday there were flowers on the dining room table...
Luke's Story
Luke's Story by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins (Putnam Praise, 2009) Luke's Story, the second book of LaHaye and Jenkins'...
Helicoptering -- It Isn't Just for Parents Anymore
It was almost an idyllic scene: Three adults, eight children—four boys, four girls, ages 9, 8, 7, 5, 3, 3, 14 months, and 6...
The Fort
The materials: We bought a couple of posts and a second hammer, but the rest of the materials were scrounged or donated by...
No, We Can't
No, We Can't: Radical Islam, Militant Secularism, and the Myth of Coexistence by Robert Stearns (Chosen, 2011) I received...
Home Sweet Home
Some people think I have it all together. Sometimes I’m one of them. Feeling a little bit prideful that I can go...
Change that Attitude
We all know that getting angry, or annoyed, or judgmental, or impatient, or any number of things that we do each day is not good or...
Bullet Update April 14-27
We now have a calendar posted in the kitchen for writing down cute things. Thanks for the idea, Sarah! The only problem is,...
Children's Art, Life, and Meaningful Praise
Celebrating a Simple Life has a perceptive post this morning. Ostensibly, it's about giving meaningful praise to children's...
What Wonderful Weather!
With apologies to our Northeastern friends who would like to be done with winter, thank you very much, I just have to say that I LOVE...
Snow? SNOW?
Porter remembers days in Rochester, NY when it snowed on his birthday. Not very often, but it happened. It looks as if...
Because I'm Still Waiting for "Quiet"
My library copy of Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking looks to still be several weeks away, but...