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“I like to have them surprise me with their small and sudden flowers”
March 14, 2012 @ 7:47 pm | Filed under: Gardening
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“Fairy lilies—the pink, the white, and also the yellow—are the rain lilies, the little zephyranthes that spring up after showers. B. Y. Morrison said they should always be grown …
Brooding
Another gray day, but a nice gray. Grey, if you’ll allow me to go all Vicky Austin on you. You could see the blue glimmering just behind the clouds. We’re expecting gardening weather this …Monday Afternoon
All weekend I couldn’t drag myself out of the garden, but today is cold and rainy. That’s all right; this is much better writing weather. This blog is going to be low-key for …
Comics Make You Smart
A friend pointed me toward a conversation in which a 6th-grade teacher explains why he “reflexively cringe[s]” when he sees his students head for the comics and graphic novel section of the school library. …Fairies Don’t Sneeze
February 15, 2011 @ 12:47 pm | Filed under: Rilla, These People Crack Me Up
We’re in the backyard cleaning up the patio flowerbed. This has inspired a game of Pixie Hollow fairies, and I’m informed that I am Rosy, a “garden talent” fairy, and Rilla is my …
Cybils Shortlists and a Reading Challenge
Okay, I knew I wouldn’t last long before I came up with some kind of reading plan for the year…what’s a nice clean slate for if not to write on it? See, I just …
Gift Ideas Roundup
I’m rerunning this old post full of gift ideas for homeschoolers—or anyone, really! Most of the posts linked below are a few years old and could be added to, of course. For now, …
Things I Am Doing
November 30, 2010 @ 6:29 am | Filed under: Family
(In lieu of a post, a list)
Reading CYBILs books, spose that goes without saying.
Reading to Rilla a lot: current favorites include CRAZY HAIR*, THE TIGER WHO CAME TO TEA, and the word-perfect MORE MORE …