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How I Didn’t Teach Science
A close friend and fairly new homeschooling mom recently asked, “How do you teach science?” I told her the truth. “I don’t.” There was a time, years ago, when I would have been embarrassed to say that, because I would… Continue reading
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Permanence and the Intimacy of Marriage
A recent conversation with the 6-year-old alarmed me. He was sitting on the couch as I folded laundry and out of the blue he burst out, “I think I want to have a child, but I don’t think I’ll get… Continue reading
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What Nino Read, December 2015
including rereads and partially read Arts and Crafts: The Little Book of Whittling Literature: The Sword in the Tree The House on the Cliff/The Tower Treasure (Hardy Boys) Get Into Gear, Stilton! Curious George Visits the Library The Case of… Continue reading
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Red Salad with Tahini Sauce and Pomegranate Dressing
This is such a festive and yet simple salad that’s especially fitting for the holiday season when you’re likely to look for showy but not work-intensive dishes. The jewel-like pomegranate seeds that sometimes seem to be lit from within really… Continue reading
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My 6-year-old’s Christmas/Birthday Wish List
Sharing this in case it’s helpful to anyone who’s gift-planning for their own kids. A catalog came to the house a few weeks ago, and today I found these items circled in it. LOL. He just made our gift-giving easy.… Continue reading
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Elderberry Syrup
The cold and flu season is upon us once again, so I just made a batch of elderberry syrup to give our immune systems a boost, but also because it’s plain delicious and we love it. Elderberries are a good… Continue reading
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What Nino Read (November 2015 Update)
Religion, History, Geography: The Reader’s Digest Children’s Atlas of the World On the Mayflower If You Lived at the Time of the American Revolution Favorite Norse Myths Thomas A. Edison (COFA) Abner Doubleday (COFA) If You Lived at the Time… Continue reading
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Six Weeks Off FB: (Not the Usual) Lessons Learned
Growing in our spiritual life means that we sometimes need to do hard things. Leaving Facebook was one of those things for me. I’ve posted before my main reasons for leaving, but as I’ve been gone these six weeks I’ve… Continue reading
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Mama Mary, the Rosary, and Me
She was there when I learned my first prayers, in bed with my mom waiting for Papa to get home, the Sacred Heart of Jesus image in the hallway lit, as we prayed the Angelus and Mommy taught me how… Continue reading