Goodies that have escaped categorizing
Well, that was it. Today I unceremoniously came to the end of a 23 year career of home educating my offspring. We ended with the dissection of a fetal pig. He didn’t get much of a chance at life, but there he, no she, was– perfectly formed from her little piggy snout to the tip […]
Never before have I lost my glasses. They’ve always been stuck to my face, ever since the third grade when I crept into class that first day with my new cat-eye glasses. But now, there are multiple pairs… and where did I put those reading glasses?! And there are pills doled out at breakfast—Am I […]
A hot cup of tea with a bit of sugar and some real cream is such a wonderful relaxing, friendly thing to share. I’m sitting here this evening with the tea things still out and the house suddenly empty and quiet as the mom and her young tribe that came to share some sips and […]
The sheets are swishing in the washing machine. Toast and tea, ‘Honey Bunches’ and blueberries fill my belly. Friday’s newspaper is strewn on the living room floor. Remnants of school work–civics papers, a life science text– are plunked about the room. All awaiting clean-up. Here it is, Saturday and I’ve missed my self-imposed deadline for […]
I find myself some days lately feeling unaccountably glum. The sun may be shining, the birds calling in search of mates, buds blooming and everything running otherwise smoothly in my little world, but there’s this underlying glumness… How come? As Rachel counts down the days till she can fly this nest for greater things, I […]