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The Soil Food Web

Posted in Gardening, science on Oct 28th, 2012 No Comments »

Know your soil! Via the always informative Permaculture page on Facebook.

Folktales, Freebies and more

Posted in Attachment Parenting, Book Recommendations, Children's health, College and College Prep, cooking/home ec, cool sites, Daily log, freebies, Frugal living, Gardening, geography, Green, In the news, Links, Montessori, nature, nutrition, personal, recipes, science, social studies, support, Teens and high school on Jun 5th, 2011 1 Comment »

Here’s a round-up of stuff I’ve been meaning to share… Fairy Tales, Folktales, Fables, and Folklore This great web site contains hundreds of stories from mythologies around the world. From Finnish folk tales to Anderson fairy tales to parables of Buddhism, there’s something for everyone. This would be great to combine with studies of countries [...]

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“Our” Museum and Log Cabin

Posted in Charity & Community Good, Daddy, Daily log, Gardening, history, magical moments on May 29th, 2011 3 Comments »

Okay, I have to admit that Daryl’s volunteerism has led to some pretty cool opportunities. This is definitely one of them. Last year, Daryl joined our little town’s historic society and was nominated as Vice President. This year, he was automatically bumped up to president. When he asked who wanted to take charge of the [...]

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It’s Turns Out I’m a Montessori Homeschooler

Posted in cooking/home ec, Frugal living, Gardening, Home ec, Montessori on May 27th, 2011 8 Comments »

A while ago, a friend asked me if I knew anything about homeschooling older kids with the Montessori method. I had no clue but I promised I’d look into it for her. I still had it on the back burner (being 5 months pregnant with 4 kids, too many gardens and an affinity for the [...]

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On the Agenda: Plan, Party, Fight, Play, Plant, ID, Clean

Posted in Attachment Parenting, games, Gardening, nature, personal, plans for the day on Apr 26th, 2011 6 Comments »

On my agenda for the next week: Plan Jack, Alex and Victoria’s birthdays (Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday), throw one party, host one soiree, make three cakes, buy presents, survive. Take the kids to see the CSI director, who’s in our little town again, and perhaps fight with him again. Last time, he told me I shouldn’t [...]

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10 Fun Ways We’ve Learned and Played Lately

Posted in Book Recommendations, Daily log, Gardening, nature, pictures on Apr 10th, 2011 1 Comment »

Daryl says I have to start blogging again so he knows what we’re up to. Sorry for the long gap between posting. Between morning sickness, other sickness and spring weather (gardening, yay!), I haven’t gotten much accomplished. Here’s a bit of what we have managed to do though… 1. We went to the International Food [...]

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