As homeschooling has become popular and as opportunities to participate in classes, sports teams, musical groups, and more have increased, so has the temptation for homeschooling parents to allow their children to become peer dependent. Ray and I are sad…
Puppets aren’t just for kids. Our family had fun homeschooling experiences with puppets. Both times they involved elderly people. When Mary Evelyn and a homeschooled friend were about 12-13, they decided to volunteer at a nursing home. When we asked…
Enjoy these new pictures Charlene sent me yesterday. ~ Bonnie The ship can not get close to the beach at Kona so we had a wild ride on a tender. What a precious church experience. A gecko came to church,…
The city of Venice, Italy, is built on hundreds of islands off the coast of Italy. From 697 to 1797, Venice was the capital of the Republic of Venice. Venetians took advantage of their location along the coast of the…
I recently finished listening to Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, and Emma by Jane Austen. I didn’t start out to listen to them all, but as soon as I finished one, the next one…
Since 1893, Berea College has operated a student craft program that teaches students to create crafts that are important in the Appalachian region, including broom making, pottery, weaving, and woodcrafts. Third college president William G. Frost whose wife had the…
