“It would be so nice if something made sense for a change.” Alice…in Wonderland
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Empty Shelf Challenge: The Killer Angels
This post contains affiliated links. Title: The Killer Angels Authors: Michael Shaara What’s it about: This is a historical novel about the Battle of Gettysburg, following key figures from both sides, in particular, Col. Joshua Chamberlain on the Union side and Gen. James Longstreet of the Confederacy. There are other major figures from the Civil […]
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astronomy, budget, Bulldozer, C.S. Lewis, diet, food, Germany, history, language, Olympics, parenting, Terrible Tuesday
Terrible Tuesday: Birthday boy edition
Bulldozer turns 9 today. Nine! How did that even happen? It. Goes. So. Fast. He’s getting a Kindle for his birthday. He knows he’s getting it, and he even picked out the case for it, but I told him if doesn’t act surprised I won’t give it to him. We have to maintain our little […]
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Not President’s Day
Technically, this is not President’s Day. Oh, I know what the mattress and car sales pitches say, but officially the holiday is “George Washington’s Birthday.” But because it comes so soon after President Lincoln’s birthday, we’ve smooshed them together in our minds. Even more, we’ve added in all the presidents — some of whom […]
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Useless
My friend Jimmie tweeted this awesome picture about the latest government kerfuffle. Yes, the GOP rolled over again on borrowing more money. Same story, different day. Blah blah blah. George Santayana famously said, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” On the other hand, perhaps I see too much of the […]
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Empty Shelf Challenge: The History of EVERYTHING!
Well, not everything, but a lot. And I actually didn’t read it; I listened to the audio book. So yes, this picture is a lie. But after three books on my Kindle, I wanted something on my shelf. And I will get around to actually reading it. Just a note: The audio book is […]
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admirable people, astronomy, history, home and garden, nature, public schools, sex, Terrible Tuesday
Terrible Tuesday: Avoiding the chaos
For over a month, I have been putting off cleaning my guest room/office. It was a mess before the holidays, but it also becomes a storeroom during Christmas as we shove extra boxes and whatnot (lots of whatnot) in there. It is, to put it bluntly, a disaster zone. Moreover, there are some important papers […]
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America, books, Constitution, Declaration of Independence, freedom, government, history, homeschool, liberty, U.S. Constitution
A bone to pick with the books
For our history studies, we use “living books” — i.e. not textbooks — and are basically just reading through American history. Now granted these books, especially those we use for the boys, are not 300-page, in-depth studies of all the twists, turns, events, and people who make our history. They’re 40-60 page summations that hit […]
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Terrible Tuesday: Winter fantasy
I have a dream that a huge winter storm comes and cancels all of our appointments and games and activities and what have you for two weeks. And then I wake up and remember I live in Texas. Oh well. We’re busy, but it was 70 degrees this weekend. It’s all about the trade-offs. Dealing-with-it […]
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Legacy
This post contains affiliated links Today is the 50th anniversary of not one, but three influential men: John F. Kennedy (as if you could miss that news), C.S. Lewis (all the Christians say “Woohoo!”), and Aldous Huxley (“Hey! It’s that guy!”). Kennedy is getting the most attention by far, but Lewis is also getting his […]
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Passing on the memory
Today we mark 12 years since the horrific attack on our nation. Today we stop and remember, but remembering isn’t enough. We must pass on the story to our children so that they will also know. This is one of those harder aspects of parenting they leave out of the sales pitch. It is a […]
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