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  • How to Drink Coffee the Right Way

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    I just stumbled upon this video from the creators/talent behind the ever funny-’cause-it’s-true Portlandia. It’s fantastic, and since I’m the boss of this blog I’m going to insist you watch it– because I stand behind everything they say here. 😉

  • Defending Homeschool

    Defending Homeschool

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    I had numerous misconceptions and misgivings going into home-education, reservations which rendered me too terrified to make the leap years before we finally did. And as is also true of any new undertaking, one can rarely really know what it’s like until they actually jump in… or know someone who will pass along insider information. Accordingly, I’d love to clear up a…

  • These Crazy Kids

    These Crazy Kids

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    They certainly keep me on my toes… Who needs cable when there are children around?

  • On Hospitality

    On Hospitality

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    Since returning from our recent nomadic venturing, I’ve been mulling over the exceptional hospitality that my family was repeatedly shown by those who opened their homes to us. Y’all, I just have the most amazing friends– friends who truly went out of their way to make us feel comfortable and welcome under their roofs. There’s just something sacred about sharing space.…

  • Tree Huggers

    Tree Huggers

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    One would assume that, on the tailwind of our recent interstate road-trip, an aimless country drive would be the last way our family would choose to spend our Sunday. They’d be wrong. I blame Montana. And Autumn. And mountains and trees and leaves and clear skies and fresh air. Resistance was futile. In related news, I have…

  • Old People’s Home

    Old People’s Home

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    Call me an old lady, but I kind of can’t wait to move into a retirement home. I’m serious, I’m baffled as to why there’s a negative stigma about them, why those actually eligible for residence are typically resistant. Consider for one minute: Someone cooks AND cleans for you AND organizes social activities to fill your day! It…

  • Tinkers

    Tinkers

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    I have this Bestie– she was clearly born in the wrong decade. Her innate resourcefulness rivals those hailing from the Depression era. She inspires me. She never throws anything away. I have affectionately dubbed her The Tinker Fairy*, the hammer her signature emoticon. Besides regularly making her own cheese crackers, dish-washer detergent, and soup noodles from scratch,…

  • Kodachrome

    Kodachrome

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    Precisely six months ago, after years of dreaming, eighteen months of mind-numbing paperwork, and six months of memorizing his referral picture, our precious Little Man officially became a part of the family. To accompany our six month post placement report, China requires that we submit a handful of photos that provide a glimpse into his new life. Here…

  • Counterfeit Farmgirl

    Counterfeit Farmgirl

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    Have you read the charming memoir, Confessions of a Counterfeit Farmgirl? It’s been years, but stuck with me, and I highly recommend it– a humorous Uppity-New-Yorker-abandons-city-life-and-embarks-upon-the-family-farm tale, which accidentally convinces the reader to follow suite though attempting to dissuade in jest. Good stuff. I suppose her title is a fair moniker for myself, these days, as I regularly…