“It would be so nice if something made sense for a change.” Alice…in Wonderland
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Terrible Tuesday: I need a nap
Anyone else need a nap? Doesn’t a nap sound lovely? Let’s cancel our plans for today and nap. We can do that, right? Wishful thinking links! Evil walks the streets of Staten Island. Don’t click on this if you have clown phobia. I apologize in advance for the nightmares. Speaking of apologizing in advance, I’m […]
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Thinking about education
I’ve been thinking a lot about education lately. Things like the controversy over Common Core Standards and high stakes testing, my article on education of girls in Kenya, and our own American history studies looking at self-taught geniuses such as Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglas (Lincoln walking miles to borrow books, and Douglass literally risking […]
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Empty Shelf: An American Classic
Title: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Author: Mark Twain, read by Norman Dietz What’s it About: The sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (which we also listened to), he of the famous fence whitewashing episode, this is the tale of Huck Finn and his adventures traveling down the river with his friend Jim, who […]
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Taking on mountains
Education is one of the most powerful tools for improving societies. Literate societies are healthier, wealthier, and generally more stable. For girls especially, education reduces early marriage, improves health — including maternal mortality — and provides for a better future not only for them but also for their children. But in some areas, the challenges to […]
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Fine Arts Friday: Wrapping up the Hudson River School
We finish up studying the Hudson River School with two works by different painters. From the Ambleside schedule, we’re looking at Jasper Francis Cropsey. I also chose a painting by Robert Duncanson. We didn’t study Thomas Cole, the founder and most famous of the Hudson River painters because we’ve studied his work previously. Jasper Francis Cropsey […]
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About dang time
The spring equinox takes place at 11:57 CDT. Yay! Spring! We’ll be at the dentist just then (or maybe just getting done), but still. SPRING!!! Oh, how we’ve missed you. I subscribe to Earth and Sky newsletter and get all sorts of interesting astronomical tidbits in my email every morning. These are the equinox related […]
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Empty Shelf: Even more history
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Terrible Tuesday: The aftermath
We spent last week cleaning, reorganizing, and painting. One of our painting projects was the girls room. The girls have a lot of stuff. A lot of little stuff: craft stuff, stuffed stuff, papers, memorabilia, etc. etc. It’s one thing to haul all that stuff out in big heaps and stash in a corner. It’s […]
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Oh, Patrick
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Shark bait!
The finished product, although we need to figure out how to make the teeth stiff. Starch, maybe? You can use this herbal oil for regular massage without any fear of harmful side effects associated with viagra pills for women the procedure. The blood in the muscles of the penis is also getting increasingly popular as […]
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