To Everything There Is A Season
It is the season for cold weather. It has been freezing. I hope that it stays that way! Now we can enjoy pleasant fires in the fireplaces. Summer was nice enough while it lasted, but I think that the time is nigh for cold weather to be...
The Pressure Predicament
When I have been absent from writing in a journal, on a blog, or perhaps even in correspondence, I tend to want to say, "I haven't written in awhile". However, if I decide to just use common sense and resist explaining a truth which holds itself to be self-evident, I...
Ever So Rushed
Today we shall begin the task of sorting through boxes upon boxes in the garage for our upcoming garage sale. We must have a garage sale. We must rid ourselves of the unnecessary and make way (and perhaps a little money) for the coming events. I feel a little...
A Series Of Surprising Events
We have had a series of surprising events lately. Mitzi, much to the family's astonishment, had a little tom kitten the other morning in the kennel. That was not supposed to happen. She was not supposed to have a third litter of kittens. ...
The Breath Of Life
Complacency is really a most intriguing word, as it brings to light both pride and humility in one breath. My siblings and I are fortunate in so many ways. We have never been forced to sit in a bland classroom for hours on end. We now enjoy a lovely place in the...
Collecting Scraps In My Mind
We had a nice rain today. The weather has started cooling down somewhat. I am getting close to half-way through with the screenplay, but I wish I could move a little faster. "I am always too slow - always too hesitant. Always on writtens I sit and think it out before...
HANGING ON THE BALANCE
All of us homeschoolers have something "unique" about our method of education, to be sure. In the past I have seriously questioned how successful I really am in my "school" work, but that was probably because I am undoubtedly a perfectionist. Or critical idealist...or...
