Birthday Breakfast = gluten FULL cinnamon roll from Atkins Market, sausage & egg scramble Last Saturday was Robert’s birthday ~ his 42nd. It’s hard to believe that it was two years ago that we celebrated his 40th by wearing jellies, big teased bangs, rolled jeans, and dancing to Michael Jackson! Such a fun memory and… Read More A Birthday, a Booksigning, and a Barbeque
We’re studying British literature in our 10th grade Challenge II Class and already have these wonderful books under our belt so far: Beowulf, Canterbury Tales, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Paradise Lost, Pilgrim’s Progress and Gulliver’s Travels. This week we’re on to Pride and Prejudice. I’m almost ashamed to admit that I’ve never actually… Read More Comparative Character Analysis: Mr. Darcy/Kory
This is my Father’s world, and to my listening ears… …all nature sings and round me rings, the music of the spheres. This is my Father’s world: I rest me in the thought of rocks and trees, and skies and seas… His hands the wonders wrought. This is my Father’s world, the birds their carols… Read More Autumn Afternoon Awe
Even though apple-picking season is really about over, and the basil is definitely done, it seems like up until last week we were still picking tomatoes at the farm. I sort of knew what to do with all of the paste tomatoes I picked. Those ended up in a crockpot overnight along with some onions,… Read More “Sun”- Dried Tomatoes
The weather couldn’t have been more perfect for the half marathon on Saturday! Last year’s half marathon in Lowell, MA was in rain and snow. We finished the race, grabbed food from the food tent, bundled up and got to the car as fast as we possibly could. This year we enjoyed hanging out in… Read More Hartford Half Highlights & Hell-tels
I was going to write “The Girl’s Got Plans,” but I’m reading BOTH Eats, Shoots & Leaves AND The Elements of Style with my Challenge II class, and those books have rendered me completely paranoid about my use of apostrophes, commas, and other punctuation marks – not to mention grammar. (What do you think about… Read More The Girl Has Got Plans
There’s always lots going on here, but some weeks are especially full. When I only check my email once a day, go days without so much as glancing at Facebook, and simply cannot touch my blog, I know it’s an especially busy time. And this one’s been filled with both an increase in activities and… Read More Pondering the Treaures in Joy and Sorrow