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Butterfly Gardening
March 21, 2006 @ 11:43 am | Filed under: Butterflies, Nature Study
Gardening Tip for the Lazy—I Mean Busy—Mother
April 5, 2005 @ 1:19 pm | Filed under: Nature Study
Of Ferns and Firelings
August 3, 2021 @ 8:15 am | Filed under: Assorted and Sundry, Beauty, Books, Gardening, Handcrafts, Huck
It’s early, and I’d like to be stitching. But my fountain pen leaked all over my fingers and even after scrubbing off the ink, there are stains. I worry about leaving black marks on …
Wednesday: imaginative play
April 8, 2021 @ 9:27 am | Filed under: Books, Rule of Six
When I think of this category, I think of my kids in the backyard in San Diego, deeply immersed in the Warriors-inspired make-believe games that occupied so many hours when they were little. …
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creative practice, creativity, imaginative play, momentum dash, play, rule of seven, rule of six, writing hacks
Wednesday: meaningful work
Early on in my parenting and homeschooling journeys (same journey: they were simultaneous), I recognized as a core value the importance of giving kids opportunities for real work that contributes to the household. As …Comments are off
homeschool gossip, meaningful work, rule of seven, rule of six
Books finished in the first quarter of 2021
March 31, 2021 @ 8:45 am | Filed under: Books
Scanning my list, I see some threads:
Books about creative practice
The …
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I live in a garden
First: very important: in that last post, I forgot to caption the photo! This matters only because I meant to say it was my neighbor’s garden, not mine. That daisy-and-lupine combination is magical and …Social Distancing, Day 29
April 9, 2020 @ 5:48 pm | Filed under: Assorted and Sundry
I just counted and this is day 29 of isolation for us. I mean, if you can call it “isolation” when there are eight people in the house. But yeah, March 12 was my …