by Amanda Read Sheik | Mar 14, 2008 | Comedy, Journal, Literary Projects, The Girlhood Home Companion
Yesterday we had a photo shoot for The Girlhood Home Companion article on soap making. We began making another batch of soap in the morning, and Mom got behind the camera and tripod to photograph Abigail and me performing the melting step. During one of the photos...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Mar 9, 2008 | Journal, Literary Projects, The Girlhood Home Companion, World Views
I didn’t get to make a post on the first day of March, so I will begin this post with what occurred then. Our friends the Williams kindly invited Rachel, Joseph and me to accompany them to a splendid performance of Fiddler On The Roof. I saw the movie many...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Feb 23, 2008 | Fair Hills Farm, Journal, Literary Projects
Lunar Eclipse as viewed from the Southern sky on February 20, 2008. Photographed by Rachel, Abigail and me (I think Rachel took the big one and Abigail probably took the rest of the group, as I’m not certain mine made the cut for my own blog post). ...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Feb 9, 2008 | Journal, Literary Projects
February is showing itself to be quite an eventful month! It is also a leap year, remember. Apparently every Presidential Election year happens to be a leap year (every four years). Some friends visited yesterday. Next weekend John Y. is returning from Denver for a...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Nov 26, 2007 | Journal, World Views
Colonial America, being the turning point for the Old World and the starting point for the New, ought not be misrepresented. The people and politics of the continental experiment could not have been perfect or utopian, and neither did they strive for such unrealistic...
