Yesterday I skimmed through Linda Dobson’s Homeschooling The Early Years. Although I already knew and have lived some of what she wrote I found some helpful sections. The chapters I appreciated the most were practical ones: Accommodating Younger Learners (how to homeschool with baby siblings), Keeping House (and Sanity!) as You Homeschool (organizational ideas) and […]
Entries from January 2004
Nobel Prize winners & school
January 25th, 2004 · 1 Comment
Tags: homeschool
Never thought I’d see something like this
January 25th, 2004 · Comments Off on Never thought I’d see something like this
in my college’s alumni magazine: From Domestic Goddess by Paige Cokos Rienzo ’97 Being a wife and mother nourished my grandmother. Now those roles are more or less dormant. I see her uncomfortable with the medicines and regimens that have crept in and taken the place of sauce-stirring and baby-calming. What to do when there […]
Tags: news
I was young
January 25th, 2004 · 1 Comment
I was young and naive. I didn’t know what I wanted. If I could, I’d go back and do things differently. I’d change the choices I made. I wasn’t a girl who dreamed for years about getting married. I didn’t march Barbie and Ken down the aisle or join two toy animals in holy matrimony. […]
Tags: marriage
From this day forward
January 25th, 2004 · 4 Comments
On this day, twelve years ago, my best friend and I got married. Happy Anniversary Ted! Everyone makes mistakes but marrying you wasn’t one of the ones I’ve made. I Love You.
Tags: marriage
City scenes
January 24th, 2004 · Comments Off on City scenes
I liked this picture from our ride on the ferry today. The tone of the sky, and also the buildings, was such a heavy blue gray. Color spoke to me. Blond hair. Bright vermilion of the Port of Seattle cranes. Yellow and green painted on a building at the Pier. On the way home, we […]
Tags: seattle
