Posted in Domestic Bliss on Feb 28th, 2008 2 Comments »
The Clean Part
In part one, I talked about how I’m trying to be OK with a certain amount of untidyness.
Well, I’m not OK with dirt in the same way that I’m OK with clutter. Sure, there are some things that I cannot get totally clean, and they don’t really matter - the stains on the […]
Posted in Homeschooling and Education on Feb 27th, 2008 4 Comments »
Carbon and I watched a Nova episode last night: The Four Winged Dinosaur. At first, Carbon protested that it looked “boring” compared to his favorites like Walking With Dinosaurs. But he soon saw that this is anything but boring!
This fossil was discovered in a layer of forest creatures that were quickly killed by a volcanic […]
Posted in Crafts on Feb 25th, 2008 3 Comments »
This is what I made for DH for Valentine’s Day. I also bought him a new pillow to go inside the case. He used to have a feather pillow that he loved, and had to give up when I moved in with him because it made me sneeze. So, seven or so years later I’m […]
Posted in Books on Feb 25th, 2008 2 Comments »
This week I read The Assault on Reason, by Al Gore. It was a reading experience - I’m all worked up, mad, and ashamed for my country. In fact, I’m so emotional about it right now that I want to try and avoid talking about exactly what I’m mad about - I still need time […]
Posted in Domestic Bliss on Feb 22nd, 2008 3 Comments »
The Tidy Part
My house is never completely “clean” in the sense that you could never do a magazine shoot in here. If you are a regular here, and you’ve seen my pictures, it should be clear that it’s hard to find a spot to take a picture that doesn’t have a bit of clutter creeping […]
Posted in Parenting, Books on Feb 21st, 2008 2 Comments »
We habitually serve children; and this is not only an act of servility toward them, but it is dangerous, since it tends to suffocate their useful, spontaneous activity. We are inclined to believe that children are like puppets, and we wash them and feed them as if they were dolls. We do not stop to […]
Posted in Domestic Bliss on Feb 20th, 2008 5 Comments »
I don’t believe in “diets” as in a short term weight loss plan. Life style needs to be sustainable, and staying one normal weight is better than yo-yoing. So when I say “diet” I mean like “special diets”, as in you need to eat differently from the normal person. My family has quite the “special” […]
Posted in Books on Feb 19th, 2008 2 Comments »
The Tomten is a friendly little troll that visits all the animals of the farm on a snowy night and reminds them that “winters come and winters go, summers come and summers go” and they will see the spring again soon enough. An excellent winter read.
A Garden for Groundhog is another excellent book for these winter […]
Posted in Happy and Healthy Childhoods on Feb 14th, 2008 5 Comments »
Objective: Get some peace and calm in the house when a four year old has been whining for TOO LONG.
Materials: One large box of popcicle sticks, one roll of masking tape.
Procedure: “Here, see what you can do with this. Stay at the table with it, and don’t call me in until you have something cool […]
Posted in Books on Feb 13th, 2008 1 Comment »
Demi is described on the dustjacket as a “practicing Buddhist living with her husband in Washington State”. Imagine if I ran into her at a grocery store or something! I am a huge fan of her books, which constitute an almost complete comparative religions course for children and bring the stories of far away lands […]
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