Good morning, homeschool heroines. I apologize for our technical difficulties yesterday. I wrote the blog late Wednesday night and made the “boy, I sure was tired last night” corrections Thursday morning in plenty of time for it to come to…
We drove through Kentucky yesterday, headed for the homeschool convention in Cincinnati. We stopped at Wendy’s in Mount Vernon. Decorating its walls were three historic images about local country music. Ray reminded me that we were near Renfro Valley. Since…
As we drove south through Minnesota on Monday, Audra noticed a funny billboard for the Spam Museum in Austin: “Spam Museum–Where Hawaiians Go on Vacation.” Though we don’t actually eat Spam, Audra and I thought it would be a fun…
Farm animals are an every day joy for some and a once-in-a-while treat for others. Lots of homeschoolers have chickens and goats and cows and horses, but others have a goldfish, a gerbil, a kitten, or a puppy, and some like…
Several years ago I got to know an older man with one handicapped son about thirty years old. The father described their close relationship with a Southernism: “I’m foolish about him and he’s foolish about me.” Every child longs for…
Our daughter, a grandchild, and Ray and I spent a fun day together yesterday shopping at IKEA. The office remodel that we began in October is getting close to move-in time and we needed filing cabinets and such. We had…
