One of my favorite memories of our homeschool years was the year we studied regions of America. That’s when I discovered old and frayed hardcover editons of Lois Lenski’s regional fiction books in the Urbana Free Library. I guess the…
A highlight of any trip to the maritime provinces in eastern Canada is Prince Edward Island–one of the most beautiful places God has created on earth. This was Ray’s and my second trip to PEI. Our first was in 1999…
My introduction to Heidi happened on the wooden console television set in our living room when I was a little girl. Several times a year, one of Nashville’s four television stations played Shirley Temple movies early Sunday morning. I liked to…
Here’s how it happened. As I was making my visuals for the 10 Reasons It’s Great to Be a Homeschool Mom in the Wintertime webinar last Thursday, I hurried into the library where Ray was working, laid my camera on the…
Near DeSmet is the site of Pa’s homestead claim where he planted one cottonwood tree for each of his girls. A memorial stone marks one portion of it. We visited the memorial and these cottonwood trees in 1996 and 2006, but…
After Laura married Almanzo, Pa built a house in town. This home was the final stop on our Laura Ingalls Wilder Memorial Society guided tour. In the kitchen is the beautiful and efficient cabinet that Pa built for Ma. Inside are…
