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
Not sure when this one started, but for quite a while now, we’ve made giant buttermilk pancakes and served them with a side of a sausage and egg scramble on Sunday nights. Besides our Friday movie and pizza night, this is the one night of the week that my kids (or any of us, really!)… Read More Weekly Meal Traditions Part 2: Gluten Free Buttermilk Pancakes
I’m pretty sure this was the term my friend Jess used to describe the not-fun-at-all foot injury that some runners may experience at one time or another in their running careers. It’s real name is plantar fasciitis and unfortunately, we have a case of it here at the Krum house. And it’s not me. It’s… Read More Plantar Nasty-Nitis
Whole Foods stopped carrying its 365 brand pizza crust mixes, which I thought were pretty tasty and easy to make, so I started searching for a homemade pizza crust recipe to replace it. The other brand name pizza crusts are pretty expensive, and we make pizza nearly every Friday night at our house and eat… Read More Perfecting the Gluten Free Pizza Crust (And Weekly Meal Traditions: Part 1)
Well, we started school a few weeks back. We didn’t really have a choice, as Cooper’s Classical Conversations (CC) Challenge A class began on August 24th. I was definitely NOT ready to start school with the whole crew on August 24th though. Why does summer always seem to fly by so quickly? When I was… Read More Schoolhouse in Session