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If you haven't seen the poet Harry Baker's lovely, whimsical poem about his New Year's resolutions, stop everything and watch it right now. "To find a new musical act I love...or let them find me." "To buy more drinks for friends and have friends buy more drinks for me." "To share something that isn't necessarily [...]
This post contains affiliate links. For about a year, Satoshi Yagisawa's Days at the Morisake Bookshop (trans. Eric Ozawa) sat on my Amazon wishlist, just waiting to be purchased. It was an impulse add, thanks to its charming cover design. Great work, Ilya Milstein and Milan Bozic! It captures perfectly the cozy, book-loving atmosphere the [...]
Our homeschool co-op meets up every February to plan and pitch classes for the following school year, and this year one of the classes I'm hoping we'll have is a Life Skills 101 course. Think of it as a mix between home economics, shop class, and cotillion. Kids would learn essential homemaking (and homesteading) skills, [...]
Last year I shared our book club's 2024 picks, so it's time for an update! After we got started up, we had a couple people drop out, new people join, one had a baby . . . so our original list changed a bit, starting in September. So, here's what we actually read in 2024, [...]
Sorry these have been intermittent -- so many holiday parties and meet-ups meant fewer meals at home. Also, I just got behind. So, here's for better focus in the new year! Last week was all leftovers and make-your-own dinners around here, but I'm getting back on track. Monday: This is our first day back to [...]
Our family has just ended our annual marathon of Twilight and Harry Potter movies over the holiday, and the Golden Globes feel early this year. (Are they?) Nevertheless, we're way behind on watching the nominees. My husband taught a film class at our homeschool co-op last year, so he was more on top of it [...]
Meal planning is time consuming, so if I'm going to do it I might as well share it, right? It's November, so we're feeling in the mood for slow cooker meals, comforting pastas and soups, and hearty meat-and-three dishes over here. This is what I'm planning for my household of five this week. Note: One [...]
I just started a new book club a couple months ago, and our books have been so great that I thought I'd share our selections here. Read along with us! (This post earns commission on links.) April: People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks. An ancient manuscripts conservator is called to Sarajevo shortly after the [...]
Contains affiliate links. But this is not a sponsored post, just my honest opinion! If your student needs a little extra help in math, or if they just love math so much that they want some extra math challenges (yes, those kids do exist!) then you'll want to check out this math workbook for kids. [...]
I'll admit, I was a little wary of the idea of doing a study guide for A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens with my kids. Yeah, yeah...it's Dickens. It's a classic. There's a million adaptations. Even a Muppets version, after all. But then I went back and re-read the short story as an adult, and [...]
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