“ On the subject of the history of the American revolution, you ask Who shall write it? who can write it? and who ever will be able to write it? nobody; except merely it’s external facts. all it’s councils, designs and discussions, having been conducted by Congress with closed doors, and no member, as far as […]
March 29, 2019. Who can write it? nobody. Read More »
A week and a half after planting the sprouted seeds, there is rapid growth happening. Stems are stretching and two little seed leaves are beginning to unfurl. If it appears that the tomato seeds were defective because the leaves don’t look like the tomato leaves usually on garden tomatoes, no worries. Those leaves are yet
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OK. Things are a bit ugly here. This certainly isn’t the pretty picture that will win me any blog awards. But to show you only the pretty pictures, isn’t real life. To portray only the beautiful, misses the true and the good. It leaves out the messy, sometimes ugly part of beginning growth. If things
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Not even a week has passed since we began this year’s garden by ‘bagging up’ the little seeds. They are now doing their part – sprouting. What will become of these little seeds? There is a foot of snow outside with more coming tomorrow. The temperatures will struggle to reach 15 degrees this week. The
“Boys, be ambitious. Be ambitious not for money, not for selfish aggrandizement, not for the evanescent thing which men call fame. Be ambitious for the attainment of all that a man can be.” – William Clark
March 2, 2019. Be Ambitious for. Read More »
Outside there are drifts up to my waist in the wake of the weekend blizzard. The temperature is a balmy 7 degrees. The North wind doth blow…. time to start the garden! Of course. Today was seed starting day. This is what we did for Nature Studies. I usually start thinking about starting seeds on
“The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.” – William Arthur Ward
February 19, 2019. Pessimist, Optimist, Realist. Read More »
Painter John E. Millais’ encouragement to Beatrix Potter—“He gave me the kindest encouragement with my drawings… ‘ Plenty of people can draw, but you and my son John have observation.’” – taken from Beatrix Potter, A Life in Nature by Linda Lear p 45.
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“There is no need to rate the child, or threaten him, or use any manner of violence, because the parent is invested with authority which the child intuitively recognises. It is enough to say, ‘Do this,’ in a quiet, authoritative tone, and expect it to be done. The mother often enough loses her hold over
January 26, 2019. Expect it to be Done. Read More »
It has helped me to use this process to develop my children’s Charlotte Mason Education. For this type of education, it is important to know what subjects to do and how to do the subjects in a Charlotte Mason way. Sounds easy, but it is often easier said than done. This is the step-by-step
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