“It would be so nice if something made sense for a change.” Alice…in Wonderland
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The last first week
Last Monday, August 19, I started Year 19 of homeschooling. I’m in Year 24 of motherhood. This has been my existence for half my life, and I feel as though it shouldn’t go by without some reflection. My world has changed drastically from homeschooling a house of growing kids at multiple educational levels to homeschooling […]
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Life is hard. Do something.
With the plague and related closures putting a damper on our normal avenues of entertainment, more people are heading to the outdoor spaces. In Texas at least, that means our amazing state parks have seen a spike in visitors. Because many of these are newbies unfamiliar with the fact that nature will kill you given […]
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Remembering star stories
Do you ever wonder why we don’t tell the stories of the stars and constellations any more? Don’t you think we should?
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Hold on to what lasts
If we want to survive these very precedented times, we’d do well to look to those who’ve gone before us.
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Up to the challenge?
If you fail a book challenge, does that mean the books win?
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Picking up the check
Everything we do requires trade-offs. Say “yes” to one opportunity, and you have to say “no” to others. Choose the right turn; miss out on the adventures to your left. Everything has an opportunity cost, and there is no way to avoid paying it. TANSTAAFL and all that jazz. One of the marks of maturity […]
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Let your “No” be No.
“No,” is a complete sentence. It doesn’t matter how many winding roads we take to get there–“I’ll think about it, let me check my schedule, I’ll pray about it, I need to talk to my spouse”–whatever feints and delaying tactics you engage in, in the end, we only have “yes” or no. But too often […]
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First finished book of 2019
Today, sitting beside my father’s hospital bed, I finished I’d Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life by Anne Bogel. This was a Christmas gift — one of three books for book lovers, I received (Book Girl and On Reading Well were the other two in this trinity.) I’ve been […]
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A Thanksgiving interlude
Some of you may think that this is the beginning of the Christmas season. Some of you are already a month into it. But before you start jingling your bells, hold up a hot minute. This is actually the Thanksgiving season. We have 3 weeks to prepare for — and celebrate — Thanksgiving. Christmas, […]
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