I forgot to mention yesterday that it was the anniversary of my learning how to read a pregnancy test.
I mean, of course, of our confirming our suspicions that a little bella girl was in our future.
From the New York Times, a nice Labor Day reflection on why we choose the academic life: On paper, the academic life looks great. As many as 15 weeks off in the summer, four in the winter, one in the spring, and then, usually, only three days a week...
This morning Danielle Bean asks readers what they are grateful for. My answers: I am grateful for my wonderful husband who loves me unconditionally. I am grateful for my beautiful daughter with the happy smile and the gleeful squeal. I am grateful...
Tonight Isabella demonstrated that she can roll from her tummy to her back. She did it at least six or seven times in a row. Now if she can just get from her back to her belly, she’ll be unstoppable. Dom got one roll on video, I think. But...
Ain’t modern technology great? Video phone isn’t a thing of the future anymore. It’s here and now. Grandma and Grandpa in Texas are able to ooh and ahh over their little granddaughter in MA and have her goo and gah right back. I...
Bella’s new discovery. Recently she found her toes. She can spend an hour grabbing them with her hands. But she could not get them into her mouth. She knew it was possible, because I’d put them into her mouth while playing with her. But...
From Higher Up and Further In, a discussion of copywork: When I first heard about the concept of copywork I was not impressed. I have been a teacher in some capacity for as long as I can remember, and one thing that stood out in my mind was...
***Your Linguistic Profile:***
55% General American English
20% Yankee
15% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern
What Kind of American English Do You Speak?
Update:
Phew!
This one say’s I’m 66% Dixie. Just under the Mason-Dixon Line.
A week or so ago, Dom sent me this article—on one of my favorite subjects, ill-prepared college students—from the Washington Post. We were talking informally in class not long ago, 17 college sophomores and I, and on a whim I asked...
From Sandra Dodd comes “Leaning on a Truck”, a reflection on how the art of conversation becomes an integral part of the homeschooling education. Women talk face to face, they say, but men lean side by side on a truck. Another version of...
