I’m Blushing

February 20, 2008 @ 7:37 am | Filed under: Uncategorized

The enchanting Allison of Homeschool Hacks wrote such a nice post about Tidal Learning yesterday.* Aww…

Homeschool Hacks, if you don’t know, was created by Shannon Entin, aka PHAT Mommy, and has recently been taken over by Allison, aka Mrs. Fussypants. It’s a fun site full of tips, links, and resources for homeschoolers. Check it out!

(P.S. Whale watching update: they didn’t see a single whale! Not one, though the captain searched the waters from La Jolla to the coast of Mexico. Ah well, they had a wonderful time on the boat, saw pelicans and seals, and got rain check tickets to come back another day and try again.)

*Broken link fixed, thanks to Rebecca and JoVE. Yes, the first link went to a Duran Duran video. This probably tells you everything you need to know about me.

"For the lover of truth, discussion is always possible." Care to leave a comment?   
Receive comment replies via email.

Subscribe to the comments in a reader.

Comments

Comments RSS | TrackBack URI

  1. JoVE says:

    oops, that homeschool hacks link is actually a Duran Duran youtube video.

  2. Mrs. Fussypants says:

    Aw, Melissa I knew you would be embarrassed. You are just too wonderful not to share your knowledge.

    So many people have emailed, thanked me for the Tidal Learning information & told me they’ve gone and read your archives. ;)
    ps- Duran Duran? LOL!

    love, Alli

  3. shaun says:

    Come on — we need some backstory on that mix up!

  4. Maria says:

    And thank goodness for Allison because I found Tidal Learning. I’ve been trying to describe what I do for so long and came up with “eclectic” as best fitting us. But now I’ll have to change that to “tidal”. I hope it’s okay but I have added you to my list of links in various places on my website. I will also be posting a bit in a few days about discovering this blog…hope that is okay. If not, be sure to holler and let me know.

    Meanwhile, I have a late blooming reader, who I am waiting to devour the Laura Ingalls books, and I have been waiting for a chance to discover all the newly written Martha/Caroline/Charlotte books for myself…and lo! it was a pleasant surprise to discover your blog in more ways than one!

  5. Tina says:

    Just wanted to say you’ve brought back some memories with the Duran Duran video too! Freshman year of high school my best friend and I waited outside for tickets and got 14th row … also had our bedrooms COMPLETELY covered with posters, like wallpaper ;-) Didn’t want you to feel TOO alone in your embarrassment (unless of course Simon was not your favorite and then you SHOULD be embarrassed LOL!) I really enjoy your blog … I’ve always described our style as eclectic but tidal really suits it better. There always seems to be a busy period followed by a low … although lots is going on in our low periods too. Thanks for brightening my day!

  6. Melissa Wiley says:

    Shaun wrote: “Come on — we need some backstory on that mix up!”

    LOL!! Some friends and I were swapping YouTube links for favorite songs from our youth. I was multitasking, of course, and as is typical of the multitasker, doing it badly. ;) I got my linkies mixed up. Doh!

Leave a Reply

Comment a lot? Register here. Already registered? Login here.

Want your own gravatar? Get one here.


Welcome to

the Bonny Glen—

the online home of

children's book author

Melissa Wiley




www.flickr.com

In the Archives

you'll find posts about:


and much more!



 Subscribe to my feed

Or for updates by email, enter your email address:

Delivered by FeedBurner



Subscribe to my comments by email or feed

I am melissawiley on del.icio.us and bonnyglen on Twitter and Flickr.


Every Face I Look at Seems Beautiful






My Bonny Clan


Jane, 13 yrs old
Rose, 10 yrs
Beanie, 7 yrs
Wonderboy, 5 yrs
Rilla, 2 yrs
baby eagerly expected Jan. 2

and Scott, the love of my life




Book Log 09


The Ten-Year Nap
by Meg Wolitzer

The Uncommon Reader: A Novella
by Alan Bennett

World Made by Hand
by James Howard Kunstler






Book Log 08


Lots of picture books
for the Cybils

The Art of Simple Food: Notes, Lessons, and Recipes from a Delicious Revolution
by Alice Waters

How I Live Now
by Meg Rosoff

The Great Turkey Walk
by Kathleen Karr
(family read-aloud)

The Trees Kneel at Christmas
by Maud Hart Lovelace

A Reader's Delight
by Neil Perrin
(a book I have savored, essay by essay, all year—thank you again, sweet friend who sent it)

Ethan Frome
by Edith Wharton

The Ransom of Red Chief
by O. Henry
(family read-aloud)

Sign of the Beaver
by Elizabeth George Speare
(family read-aloud)

Stitched in Time: Memory-Keeping Projects to Sew and Share
by Alicia Paulson

Bend-the-Rules Sewing
by Amy Karol

Understood Betsy
by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
(read-aloud to Beanie)

The King's Fifth
by Scott O'Dell
(middle-grade novel about a young Spanish cartographer's travels with Coronado in search of the Seven Cities of Cibola)

A Murder for Her Majesty
by Beth Hilgartner
(I posted about it here)


haystackcover

Haystack Full of Needles
by Alice Gunther
(Here's my post about it)

The Highwaymen
by Marc Bernardin and Adam Freeman

Number the Stars
by Lois Lowry

Swallows and Amazons
by Arthur Ransom

A Street in Marrakesh
by Elizabeth Warnock Fernea

Knight's Castle
by Edward Eager (to Beanie)

(a sequel to Half Magic)



The Creative Family
by Amanda Soule

The Losers (Vol.1): Ante Up
by Andy Diggle and Jock

Green Arrow: Year One
by Andy Diggle and Jock

Outside Lies Magic: Regaining History and Awareness in Everyday Places
by John R. Stilgoe
(here's a post about it)

Two-Part Invention: The Story of a Marriage
by Madeleine L'Engle

Dogger
by Shirley Hughes

As for the rest:

They're at GoodReads


Widget_logo




Hey, what happened to all those booklists you used to have in your sidebars?

They're still accessible at melissawiley.typepad.com, where this blog lived from January 2005-March 2008. You can also find all my Lilting House posts there, or try the search bar here. All my previous Bonny Glen and Lilting House posts have been imported to this site.


My Big List of Booklists


Favorite Fictional Families


The Quiet Joy


Scary Junkyard Dogs







A Word about How I Blog

Every day is complicated, messy, and full of friction. And every day has glorious or cozy moments worth celebrating. I seldom bother to chronicle the friction and the mess because writing time is fleeting and precious—and childhood even more so. I’d rather capture the small joys that I might forget—or take for granted—if I don’t take time to set them down in words.

(Excerpt from this post about Real Life, quoted here because I don't want anyone to be under the impression that things are always perfect around here! Heaven knows we are anything but. Perfect, frictionless, orderly? Nope. Happy? Most of the time!)


Twitter Is a Kind of Daybook




    Recent Comments


    Recent Posts



    Be Like the Bird


    Be like the bird
    Who, pausing in flight
    On limb too slight,
    Feels it give way beneath her,
    Yet sings,
    Knowing she has wings.

    —Victor Hugo




    Our Family "Rule of Six"

    Six Things to Include in Your Child's Day:

    meaningful work
    imaginative play
    good books
    beauty (art, music, nature)
    ideas to ponder and discuss
    prayer

    Whence It Came




    Links








    Meta



     Subscribe in a reader



    Powered by JacketFlap.com