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My mom’s mother was strong and smart, a beautiful lady with thick hair and lavender eyes. She didn’t get to go to college but had really wanted to. Her husband died during the depression, when my mom was two. She spent her life selling corsets out of her home to support her two children –my … Read more
My mother passed on today. My mother passed on today. No tribute will ever be adequate. I was held (almost smothered) by my husband together with my children when I received the news. She’s still with me in so many ways. She gave with such wholehearted generosity and in so much fervent profusion that those … Read more
For many years our youngest has celebrated her half birthday with a party at the Quarry. Here are the photos from this year’s celebration…
It’s pretty embarrassing, but I’ve spent 21 years in my authentic retro kitchen with an ugly fan over my stove that I haven’t used in decades, and most of those years the fan has been covered with duck tape because it is incredibly drafty in the winter. A year ago, I finally had a wonderful … Read more
I recommend this Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival held on the lovely grounds of Boscobel with its outstanding view. We saw All’s Well that Ends Well last night, preceded by a picnic with friends and ogling the majestic panorama at our feet; it was wonderful. These actors perform to an intimate three-sided audience as entertainment instead … Read more
Our youngest daughter is back from a two week program of cattle-working in Colorado. She had a great time and flew home on July 4th to an awesome display of fireworks from above. She keeps repeatedly saying the whole trip was “so fun,” which is the majority of our non-specific feedback! Offered as a co-ed … Read more
Yesterday and today we have been working hard to settle our daughter in her new apartment in Syracuse. Her lease begins today and today was also her first day of school. We were grateful to able to start getting her in the day before, but she needed help finishing the move-in task because she is … Read more
An Era Ends
It is normal and good.
No big deal in one way.
Totally obvious and natural.
But still there is a twinge.
We were expecting her
when she first visited that room
still in the womb
and it was in that space God gave us a sign
and we knew we would buy this house.
I am so grateful we had the guts to take the homeschooling plunge; it has been a huge blessing and has become a way of life.
I took our youngest to the airport early this morning to catch a flight to Colorado. She is going to the ranches at Adventure Unlimited where she will spend two weeks herding cattle from a horse. This is something she’s always wanted to do. It was downright splendid how excited she was. She has flown … Read more
Father, we Thy loving children
Lift our hearts in joy today,
Knowing well that Thou wilt keep us
Ever in Thy blessed way.
Thou art Love and Thou art wisdom,
Thou art Life and Thou art All;
In Thy Spirit living, moving,
We shall neither faint nor fall.
Once more our son is off to be a camp counselor at Crystal Lake Camps. This is a healthy, nurturing place. I’m glad our son will be there because he both has a lot to contribute to it as well as a lot to gain from it. He will teach both archery and science. Andrew … Read more
I was in charge of our homeschooling group’s Used Curriculum Sale again. We held it two years ago and again yesterday. We did not have the crowds we hoped for, but most vendors reported selling a third to a half of what they brought. I did particularly well because I had fourteen Great Courses for … Read more
Last night was the Homeschool Prom for northern Fairfield County. About 50 kids attended, and here are some photos of our daughter and her friends just before going. Most of these kids I have known since they were five. Our daughter (in the short blue dress) made the necklace herself, that she wore to the … Read more
We are enjoying having our oldest home between college and grad school. Here she is with us on a lovely evening last weekend at New Pond Farm.
Your Children Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts, For they have their own thoughts. … Read more
