Assorted Friday notes

I did a Periscope yesterday on a topic that had been requested by a Brave Writer mom: How I make time to pursue my own interests and hobbies while homeschooling, writing, juggling doctor appointments, etc. Great topic!! Had a lot of fun with this discussion.

LIVE on #Periscope: Working, #homeschooling, and still finding time to pursue your own interests #homeschoolscopes … https://t.co/ymR18CFeWe

— Melissa Wiley (@melissawiley) August 4, 2016

And here’s the book I mentioned in the scope: Dear Committee Members by Julie Schumacher. As I said, this was my second time reading it, so you know it was enjoyable. A comic yet touching epistolary novel in the voice of a beleaguered, earnest, overly frank, romantically inept English professor at a second-tier university. Now, you know I’m a sucker for an epistolary novel! This one’s academia setting gives it a unique flavor. You’ll never read letters of recommendation like these in the real world (alas).

What’s happening in my house today:

Receiving a fax from Grandma and Grandpa. Today’s lesson in technology brought to you by 1992. (I’m amazed the thing still works!) Huck really wanted to reply by putting his piggy bank through. Perhaps we’re still a tad fuzzy on how the tech works. (Let’s face it, it always seemed like magic to me.)

This one’s for Emily:

My “things that influenced my homeschooling style” slide from the Brave Writer Retreat.

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Comments

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   Kortney says:

   Wait! *Which* catalog with really good copy?

   On August 5, 2016 at 1:26 pm

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     Melissa Wiley says:

     Hahaha! Sonlight, mostly. I always found their schedules overpowering and never stuck to a single week, even after ditching a fair number of the books that didn’t speak to my ideology. But by golly that literature-rich catalog was a temptation! The yearning for Box Day…

     On August 5, 2016 at 4:32 pm

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       Kortney says:

       This is as close as we ever came to Box Day 😉

       http://www.kortneygarrison.com/2012/05/10/box-day/

       On August 5, 2016 at 4:35 pm

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         Melissa Wiley says:

         Ha, I love it! That’s more my speed. 😉 Realizing I was never going to morph into a schedule-follower was a big turning point for me. To thine own self be true and all that!

         On August 5, 2016 at 4:39 pm

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   Jen says:

   The first time I read “Little Men” (age 8 or so) I knew I found my plan! I am currently reading a biography of LMA that had somehow not come to my attention before, the author is Harriet Reisen–I highly recommend it!

   On August 8, 2016 at 3:15 pm

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   Carlie www.twinklingalong.blogspot.com says:

   Haha! I love love love this! Makes me want to make my own….and re-read Little Men! Also…I had no idea that there was a John Holt magazine!

   On August 26, 2016 at 9:54 am