Father’s Song by Gregory Orr Yesterday, against admonishment, my daughter balanced on the couch back, fell and cut her mouth. Because I saw it happen I knew she was not hurt, and yet a child’s blood so red it stops a father’s...
In the vein of this discussion about what makes a good day of homeschooling, Willa writes: When I think about it, I know a good day when I see one, but I can’t MAKE one happen. Flannery O’Connor said that the writer’s part in...
“But part of the reasoning needed to convince man of his freedom must include reaffirming sacred history. And that must include remembering and retelling the fundamental choices made by Adam and Eve and Mary and Jesus and all the intermediate...
Isabella has a first word: “yummy-yummy”. (She says mama and dada but it isn’t always clear that she distinguishes those sounds as words.) But yummy-yummy, also pronounced “yumMay-yumMay” clearly means that she’s...
Instead of composing my post about toys, I continue to blog about other people’s ideas. Here, from the archives, are two good stories that I meant to post long ago, stuck into in a file, and forgot about. First, via papa familias, comes this...
I haven’t yet collected my thoughts enough to write my post about toys, wooden and plastic, my love for one and dislike for the other. Fortunately, Regina Doman writes beautifully about her love for wooden toys. I’ll hopefully follow up...
La Paz Farm blog asks: What makes a good day of learning? And provides some beautiful answers. Then there’s Suzanne Temple’s take: Inch by inch And Karen Edimsten’s first thoughts ont he subject of a good day’s learning and...
The above picture was taken about five minutes after the DHL guy rang the doorbell. Well, I had to check them out. Make sure they work properly, nothing was broken or missing. Right? I know I’ll probably be enjoying them a bit more than Bella...
Yesterday being another gorgeous spring day, I took the cranky, teething Bella for our usual morning walk to the park. So much more in bloom now than even on Friday: forsythia in full golden glory, magnolias glorious in white and pink, daffodils...
This morning my sister-in-law called and said she was taking the kids to the beach that is about ten minutes from our house. So we dropped our plans and packed up our beach toys and took off for our first beach trip of the season. Bella’s...
