King George I by Sir Godfrey Keller. Image source: Wikimedia Commons.
The tide seems to be ebbing, as surely as tides do ebb. We’ve put away our science reading for the summer, leaving …
January 19, 2014 @ 12:14 pm | Filed under:
“Tidal homeschooling” is a term I coined in 2006 to describe my family’s home education style. We are not quite unschoolers but are heavily influenced by unschooling ideas and principles, especially the emphasis …
I get asked that question a lot, and variations thereof: how do you have time for Twitter and Facebook, how do you find time to read so many books? If you’re reading this post, …
A thing I love to do, when I encounter a new blog I like, and sometimes with blogs I’ve been reading for years and years, is to go back to their …
Last week was a workworkwork week and this weekend was a familyfamilyfamily weekend, and now it’s a new week and they’ve combined. My parents came to town for Rose’s birthday, hurrah! …
July 3, 2012 @ 6:29 pm | Filed under:
Books
Whyyyy do I have such difficulty committing to the next-book-to-read? It’s the embarrassment of riches, isn’t it: too many choices, too much beguiling me. My pile is scandalous. Green Dolphin Street …
January 18, 2010 @ 7:44 am | Filed under:
Books
I woke up this morning to the happy news that When You Reach Me won the Newbery Award. I was rooting for it! Here’s what I had to say about it in September:
…I …
September 30, 2009 @ 8:53 pm | Filed under:
Books
Why, I wonder, am I so compelled to write about my reading life? I suppose it has something to do with memory, with holding on to things (we recall best those things which we …
April 5, 2009 @ 6:32 pm | Filed under:
Books
Spent much of this afternoon rocking a sleeping baby and finishing The Mysterious Benedict Society. Loved loved loved it. But then you knew that already.
We’ve already got the sequel on reserve at …