SInce I’m on blog break for Lent, I thought a few posts from the past might be in order. Enjoy.
Schuyler’s Monster by Rober Rummel-Hudson.
Biographies of the U.S. Presidents. One of my project post about the U.S. Presidents Reading Project. I managed to read biographies of three presidents this year: George Washington, John Adams, and James Madison. I also read a biogrpahy of Alexander Hamilton and bailed out on Thomas Jefferson because my admiration for Mr. Adams prejudiced me against him.
Education Week: April 11-17, 2009. The continuing trials and second-guessings of a homeschool mom.
Favorite Poets: Ogden Nash. “I love Ogden Nash. He had a common-sense sort of view of the world, and then he wrote about it —in verse.”
John Adams’ Advice to HIs Children. “Perhaps John Adams’ children, in light of their sometimes poor decisions in adult life, should have taken his advice more to heart. At any rate, here is some of what Mr. Adams wrote to his children, in case you want to take advantage.”
The End of the Alphabet, Wit, and John Donne.
Kids, Drugs and Depression “Kids, and some who should be past childhood, still think that illegal drugs are harmless, that maybe taking a few pills or a shot of something will make them feel better, will medicate the depression and the pain out of existence.” NOT. TRUE.
52. Having spent fifty-two years on this planet, mostly in Texas, I could be expected to say something profound upon the anniversary of my birth. However, all I can think of are lists.
Adventures in (Homeschool) Education.
Graceling by Kristin Cashore. An essay on commitment and marriage and social mores disguised as a book review.