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We Got to the New England Robotics Championships
This was quite a life lesson about being prepared whether or not you think you’ll get a chance!
Elizabeth Gilbert on Wisdom and Healing Rifts
I was talking about a rift I’d had recently with another friend, and how this split had been causing me to suffer for many months.
Our Oldest Lands a Great Job
We are very proud of our older daughter who has just accepted a wonderful job offer as a Fiscal and Policy Analyst at the California Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO).
The Foolishness of Rejecting Our Own Gifted
Can we create a worthy educational system and a fair college application process that honors their potential and makes the most of it? Please, as Americans, let us embrace and nurture our gifted instead of being such fools.
Run with Your Strengths
I was so glad to see the video clip below of the mom of an autistic child who didn’t accept his terrible prognosis and trusted her own instincts for what was best for him over the experts who told her otherwise.
Our Seeds Have Arrived
My husband and daughter have big plans for our garden this year. Below are the organic seed catalogues my husband recommends, and above are my future summer groceries!
Make the Ordinary Come Alive
Do not ask your children
to strive for extraordinary lives.
Such striving may seem admirable,
but it is a way of foolishness.
No Formulas for Homeschooling High School
High school is a time to tailor offerings even more diligently to the specific needs of our unique pupils than ever before. It is not a time to buckle to the “system” and start playing the “game.”
YNAB and a Total Money Makeover
I couldn’t be more pleased that my husband and I read the above book together and have launched into a practical plan to get out of debt and find financial success.
Please Pray for the Ukraine
Last September, when I sent out a call to pray for Syria on this blog, we were close to bombing them.
Happy Valentine’s Day
Hope you have a wonderful Valentine’s Day! (We’re only under 19 inches of snow here, but have more coming tomorrow…) Hope you are cozy and know you are loved!
Our Youngest Turns 17
Well, we had a snow day on our youngest daughter’s birthday, so although wishing she could go to robotics (see Monday’s post) she had a nice birthday. You can see a photo of the snow on our picnic table below; that is now followed by rain and then supposedly we are due another six or … Read more
My Birthday 2014
I had a pleasant day. It was fun to get so many good wishes on Facebook and my husband’s treat of a gougère was delicious. Our daughter gave me two books on farming and I also got a book of quotes from all sorts of great thinkers from the fountain of the Mary Baker Eddy … Read more