Social Studies and Homeschool
(Sorry for the unintended blog vacation. My blog was going through an update through the host website, but I think we're all good now.)...
Writing and Homeschool
I say "writing", but I'm really going to cover our whole language arts set-up. The core of our writing curriculum is "Writing With Ease"...
Math and homeschool
Not quite yet, but soon! Next week we start up school again. We are fortunate that we've always homeschooled, so are able to keep doing...
Summer time
We got to go to the beach during our recent heat wave and it was SO REFRESHING. I do not enjoy heat or humidity. Not at all. But, while...
Little inconveniences
I'm from Minnesota, have always lived in Minnesota, and our Minnesotan culture runs deep in me. There's a term "Minnesota nice" which...
Homesteader's Gift Guide
I just had to find a present or two for my favorite homesteader (my husband). And he loved his gifts. So here's what I just got him for...
Out and about...online
Some of my favorite websites for writers (click on the pictures below to go to each website): Steve Laube Agency Obviously I'm a little...
Trait Thesauri
I recently found this crazy collection of thesauri for writers and fell in love as soon as I got them. I'll review the others, but I'm...
At home workouts
I love to move. I love to workout. I used to teach water aerobics at the Y before we moved too far away from any town with a Y to do that...
Waiting
When a manuscript is off to my agent or a publisher for review it's a waiting game. Sometimes a looooooong waiting game (or not really,...