by Amanda Read Sheik | Jan 15, 2007 | Fair Hills Farm, Journal, World Views
Never take advantage of Providence, I must humbly admit. Right now I am continuing my study of the Reformation, which is including a study of the hymns written by Martin Luther. I’m always trying to learn new songs to play on the piano as it is, so I decided...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Jan 7, 2007 | Journal
What better way to spend a dreary, cloudy day in early January than to reminisce all day long? I have no intention of wasting time, necessarily, but rather passing the depressing time of recovering from festivities and colds… {Oh, never mind…} Now that I...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Jan 2, 2007 | Journal
New Year’s celebration was charming this year. Dr. John Y. visited, as tradition holds (he has visited on New Year’s Eve 6 years in a row!). He is an old friend of ours that is amiably unique. He has always kept us children amused with his humour, literary...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Dec 26, 2006 | Journal
Christmas has come and gone once again. Year twenty o’six is nearly over. We had a splendid Christmas party with family at our Grandparents’ house on the 23rd (little cousins are growing up fast!). Grandmomma gave Rachel and I each a very pretty...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Dec 20, 2006 | Journal, Literary Projects, World Views
Now, at this moment, I don’t feel like doing much of anything. Or maybe I just want to do too much at once. Our Grandfather from Tuscaloosa visited today (my mom’s dad). He brought us some venison (along with some turkey and ham for lunch). He told us a...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Dec 15, 2006 | Journal
I am generally not content with a blog post unless it describes every detail which I intend to convey to the utmost of credit. So – we finally have an updated HomeschoolBlogger. It seems to have learned a thing or two about detail from...
