Classwork at Creative Arts Camp 2016
There is a lot of talent that comes to camp, but people also take classes outside their comfort zone, so it becomes a time of courageous discovery.
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Common Good Soup Kitchen
I thought this was a great idea of a way to finance a soup kitchen! They make popovers and oatmeal for tourists and residents in the mornings in the summer and finance free food for the less fortunate through the cold months of the year.
Poetry is Where We Are Ourselves
Poetry is the human voice, and are we not of interest to each other?
I Love These Homeschoolers
I have supported many through the process from bewilderment to success, and it is such a joy to do.
6,000 Tweets
I have now done 6,000 tweets on Twitter in seven years. You can see my current Twitter feed
Spring at the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens
I had a glorious time a the Brooklyn Botanical Garden, which was bursting in bloom with cherry blossoms, wisteria, azaleas, lilacs, peonies, and tulips, all somehow magnificent simultaneously.
I’m in This Twitter Art Exhibit in NYC
I’m in this Twitter Art Exhibit showing for the next two weeks at a gallery on 317 East 52nd Street in New York City. Nine hundred artists around the world have donated postcard size artwork to be sold for charity,
Just back from Sanibel Island, Florida
We just got back from a wonderful spring break visiting friends (shown below) on Sanibel Island in Florida.
More Farmer’s Market Photos
At the beginning of the month, I posted pictures of our farmer’s market, but now that the produce is so different, I thought I’d share some updated photos.
Portraits of Plein Air Artists at Work
I enjoyed the people in my plein air painting class. Richard McKinley (above) is an accomplished and well known pastel artist, who drew these plein air painters to Connecticut from far and wide.
Canoeing with Nancy
I loved the company, the meandering pace, the reflections, the swirls of plant life under water, even the texture of the algae.
Advice for a First Time Homeschooler
Recently, on the Connecticut Homeschool Network a first year homeschooler solicited experienced homeschoolers to share one piece of advice…
Finally Meeting Blog Reader Deborah
Deborah, shown here, is one of those long-time faithful blog readers of mine that I had never met until now.
What they said in my Homeschool Memory Book
So you can see how sweet this community is, here are some comments that were written to me for my homeschooling memory book by fellow homeschooling mothers, some in excerpted bits, some complete.
My End-of-Homeschooling Bash
Last night I enjoyed a lovely End-of-Homeschooling party to celebrate nearly two decades of homeschooling.
I Took Kyra’s Senior Pictures
Kyra is a delightful young lady in our Sunday School who is graduating from high school this year. I was honored to be asked to take her senior pictures!