Monthly Archives: March 2020

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! I just love March because of the themes of springtime, new beginnings, roots (natural for you if you are Irish and celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, if not Irish, just extrapolate the theme to your own ancestral … Continue reading →

I highly recommend you listen to this podcast episode of the Wise Traditions to gain a sense of empowerment in this time of pandemic. The following is copied from the westonaprice.org website here. “Wise Traditions Podcast EPISODE #232 Protect Yourself … Continue reading →

I recently listened to this book on audio for the second time. For my hsuband’s Christmas present, he asked all of our adult children and me to read/listen to it and 20 of Dave’s podcasts. He gave us the deadline … Continue reading →

  This past Sunday was dear husband’s birthday. So I made him the two-layer cake above, entirely out of ice cream. (Here are the directions for an ice-cream cake.) In the midst of the panic going on right now, it … Continue reading →

This one’s about the guy, Edwin Binney, who invented Crayola crayons, and his cousin, C. Harold Smith. So fun! Now I know where the business name “Binney and Smith” came from. This one above is a fascinating look into colonial … Continue reading →

  So I’ve been lusting after the card game Codenames for some time. I heard about it when it was brand new and got it for my older daughter’s fun Christmas gift four years ago when she was in college. … Continue reading →

  We read Chapters 6-9 of this book then played the games below. I let my 15-year-old read the book aloud while the rest of us did crafts or drawing. Then we played the game below, because I had promised … Continue reading →

As I have delved into the Trim Healthy Mama world, I have been delighted to discover that the authors of the Trim Healthy Mama books, Serene Allison and Pearl Bennett, are the daughters of Nancy Campbell. When I was a … Continue reading →

  Tuesdays we do math, science, strategy, and the related skills of logical thinking involving deduction. In honor of upcoming Pi Day on Sat. 3/14 we listened to the above book in YouTube. Here is a summary of the book … Continue reading →

  Here’s a big tip for gameschooling: have theme days. This is how I do it: Monday: Language Arts Tuesday: Math, Science, Logic, and Deduction Wednesday: History and Geography, i.e. Social Studies Thursday: we take a break to attend our … Continue reading →