by Amanda Read Sheik | Jul 6, 2011 | Latitude 821, Politics, World Views
But the catch lies in another hypothetical that revealed to me how clever Miss Scanlan really is. I pondered for a moment – if Thomas Paine or Thomas Jefferson were running against Barack Obama, which candidate would I vote for? Obama professes to be a Christian,...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Nov 7, 2008 | Journal
Last month, a lady down the street from us, Mrs. Nancy Lee, began giving us knitting lessons. She has started teaching us all sorts of handicrafts, and plans on eventually teaching us how to weave (she has three looms and a spinning wheel…I can’t wait to...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Jul 1, 2008 | Fair Hills Farm, Journal
Well, we have quite an exciting Summer ahead. First of all, Dad found a replacement camera on clearance sale. Abigail has been shooting away with it. Now I need to commission some pictures of my ring and the kennel (which we have begun wallpapering with an old...
by Amanda Read Sheik | May 4, 2008 | Literary Projects, The Crusading Chemist
Spring is probably the busiest time of year for us. There is always so much outside work to do. It’s already been nearly three years since we moved here and thus there is all the more going on. Dad, Rachel and I went to a homeschooled friend’s graduating...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Apr 21, 2008 | Literary Projects
It is amazing to me that sometimes I can be so busy and yet not seem to be doing much of anything. I’m always doing something, of course, but perhaps after I get so immersed in a project, it seems to become less of an accomplishment. That must be why we ought...
