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Autumn Equinox

In Homeschool, Posts5 November, 2020Leave a comment Mia

Chlorophyll lacking, flamboyant kaleidoscope– foliage ablaze. (An impromptu haiku-collab during a recent excursion through a particularly picturesque tree-lined street. The Willamette Valley’s amazing, come autumn; eat your heart out, New …

Be True to Your School

In Homeschool, Posts30 October, 2020Leave a comment Mia

We’re back at homeschool for our eighth straight year– now with a working/driving highschool Sophomore, an always-dancing 8th-grader in braces, an exceedingly tall (and inquisitive) 3rd-grader, a perpetually befuddled teacher-mom …

Books Recently Consumed

In Book Reviews / Articles, Homeschool, Posts12 September, 2020Leave a comment Mia

The following are snapshots of our most recent reads– because reading’s just about one of the only pastimes that persists when viruses and wildfires thwart all other best-laid plans. What …

Parks & Rec

In Adventure, Homeschool, Posts3 July, 2020Leave a comment Mia

Recently, Thoughtful Husband rented a recreational vehicle to tour some nearby state parks.  It was actually for my birthday– and what a lovely gift it was to adventure together in …

Kids Incorporated

In Homeschool, Posts25 June, 2020Leave a comment Mia

June is always a whirlwind in our neck of the woods, and this one’s been no exception… but in the midst of all of the hullabaloo, my kids wrapped their …

Our Jane Austen School for Headstrong, Obstinate Girls

In Book Reviews / Articles, Homeschool, Posts7 June, 2020Leave a comment Mia

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single homeschool in possession of a good literature & language arts curriculum, must be in want of the works of Jane Austen. …

Quarantine Time Capsule

In Homeschool, Posts15 May, 20201 Comment Mia

Our (new to us) homeschool co-op assembles a yearbook of highlights each Spring; but this year, as stay-at-home orders forced us to wrap our weekly gatherings early, we lacked sufficient …

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