Although Ramona started French class as an early-enrollment student at the college a couple of weeks ago, I have always waited to "...

I wrote this five years ago, when Anne-with-an-e was in college, and Betsy was on the brink of graduating high school. Now? Anne-with-an-e a...

Ah, this is a lovely poem. Gillian Wegener's "Nature Walk" conjures memories of nature walks with my girls -- part of our home...

Way back when Anne-with-an-e was a sophomore in high school and Betsy was in 8th grade, we started a weekly writing group with two of th...

Ramona, when she was three.  (I originally posted this three years ago): I have a confession: I don't read much about homesch...

Time to start thinking about what my year with Ramona will look like. Time to start shopping my own bookshelves. Hmmm...where to begin? Some...

The other day in a Facebook group, a friend linked to this great, old post from Sarah McKenzie , and a few of us then talked about how impor...

Sometimes in conversations with stay-at-home, homeschooling moms the topic of education comes up. Not our children's, but  our educa...

Because I know that not everyone is on Facebook: June 11 at 7:47pm · I'm late to every party but I'm glad the Hamilton party...

Where have I been?  What an insightful question. I used to blog, right? And then, my children suddenly grew up, my youngest became a tee...

Although I've  loved  Little Women  for as long as I can remember, I somehow (scandalous!) never got around to reading Little Men a...

The delightful, lovely, and very kind Ana Hahn, from Time Flies When You're Having Babies , is doing a blog series -- "How Do They ...

It's been a crazy week. I've been out of town a couple of times because we're working on helping my parents find a place to live...

Photo thanks to FreeImages Yes, we're back at it. Many moons ago, we decided that the two non-negotiables of the first day of scho...

Lots of good stuff going on, but one thing I want to share is the live Mark Kistler 3-D drawing class that she's taking. The classes ar...

My chat with Haley and Christy is up on the  Fountains of Carrots podcast  page. (It's actually been up since last Tuesday, but I,...

Image Chef The original question was : "Where can one find examples of how common, daily activities with kids fit into 'subj...

In a Facebook group for homeschoolers, the question arose: "Where can one find examples of how common, daily activities with kids fit ...

Ramona and I are still reading about World War II. The other day we finished When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit .  She loved it, and I do, t...

That's what I'm doing this year for the first time ever. Yeah, sure, in a way I had just one "student" when we first sta...