Yes, I’m still in my pajamas. No, I’m not finished with my presentations (one more!) or packed (All I need is a towel!). Yes, I’m really excited to be spending six days with one of the best people on the planet. Quick and dirty links! What should a 4-year-old know? Great post on promoting equality […]

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I’m preparing for some pro-life presentations I’m making next week. A couple of problems. 1. I’m a little rusty since I’ve been distracted with homeschool mommying for the past several years and am, in fact, in the midst of doing that right now. 2. Five stinking presentations. AUGH! Frantic-cramming links! Cool map showing U.S. rivers […]

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The first Tuesday of every month the Lego store has a free mini-build. This month, it’s a flamingo! Buildable links! Here’s an archive of the instructions for some of the recent mini-builds. A commencement speech by George Saunder’s has been making the rounds, but if you haven’t read it yet, you really ought to take […]

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This post contains affiliated links. Today we’re reading. We’re reading Carry On, Mr. Bowditch and The Bright Design and The Castle of Llyr. I’m not sure what else we’ll be doing, if anything. It’s just that sort of a day. Lazy-reading-day links! Speaking of, I found The Bright Design FREE on archive.org, an excellent resource […]

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This is actually a fairly uneventful Tuesday. Nothing much is happening in the middle of the summer. MTG is traveling, and the Sprite has a double header tonight, but nothing big. Dull-summer links! Speaking of slow, from an excellent article on Charlotte Mason’s philosophy on memorizing: “Although teaching and learning themselves have been motorized by […]

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We’ve been having a nice gentle rain for the past couple of days, with temperatures in the mid 70s. In Texas. In July. It’s the weirdest thing ever. Grateful links! How to encourage a special needs mom. Also: Calming the sensory intense household. Funny because it’s true: How ObamaCare works. Speaking of government stupidity, this […]

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I’m back in my hometown for another week. This summer is making me dizzy. Woozy links! Lately, every time I hear of another middle eastern country going up in flames, I think “Didn’t they do this already?” In the case of Egypt, yes, they did.  I’ll be honest, I have a hard time following the […]

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For parents of school-age kids (even homeschool kids) late April to May becomes a frenzy of class parties, concerts, awards ceremonies, and the like. Not to mention we’re in full swing of spring sports. It can make a mom twitchy about the eyelids. Fortunately, I’m beginning to see the light at the end of the […]

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