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Family History Heals Us Just as Flowers Cheer Us

I stumbled across this series of lovely videos this past week. I love it so much that I’m sharing the series with you here. I just love the colorful flowers in each one of them. I just love how flowers … Continue reading

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More Recipes with Sourdough, aka Natural Yeast: Country Loaf, Pancakes or Waffles, and Sourdough Pita Bread!

If you’ve read my blog for a while, you’ve known I’m into baking with natural yeast. You can read about that here, where I got to see the Bread Geek in action. You can see some of my recipes here … Continue reading

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Finding Your Zen During Lockdown As a Homeschooling Mom: Binge or Chrysalis Time?

  Note: If you want to see the checklist of how to find your zen as a homeschool mom, during lock down or not, skip to the bottom of this post to the numbered list. If you want to read … Continue reading

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My Low-Carb/Keto Alternative to Popcorn

OK, so before you turn away from this post because you can see the above photo is obviously kale, and you are disgusted, please hear me out. Yes, kale eaten raw, or cooked until it is wet and slimy and … Continue reading

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Happy Mother’s Day! I Love this Story About An Amazing Mom

  Happy Mother’s Day! I get a lot of inspiration from a story about an amazing mother, Esther Packard. You can read the story from the Ensign magazine here. Esther bore 17 children. Her husband, Forrest Packard, left their home … Continue reading

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#abookandagameaday, Mon. 5/4/20, still social distancing…A Termite Architect, Therapy, and a Jackpot of Games, Plus Funny Brad Upton

I love books like the one above, that have lots of funny cultural references to art or literature, along with a running joke for the whole plot. This is such a funny book! It’s about a termite who won’t eat … Continue reading

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#abookandagameaday, Sun. 5/3/20, still social distancing

  Every Sunday night I read aloud to Bugsy 6-8 pages from a book in this series, the Illustrated Stories From Church History. We’re on Volume 4, It’s only taken about four years to get to this point! Slow and … Continue reading

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#abookandagameaday, Fri. 5/1/20, still social distancing…Emily and Jeopardy!

A sweet picture book bio about Emily Dickinson. (You can read a digital version of this picture book in Scribd! That’s a website full of digital books. You can read it for free by signing up for a free two … Continue reading

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#abookandagameaday, Saturday 5/2/20, still social distancing

  I finished reading the above book to Bugsy for a bedtime story, about the Wright Brothers. I am definitely amazed at their persistence. I wonder if we in today’s society would be able to persist like they did. Before … Continue reading

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Two Substitutes for the Public Library During Lockdown

We miss being able to go to the public library soooo much! Founding Father Ben Franklin, is surely up in heaven commiserating with all of us missing out on his invention, part of his amazing legacy. Here are two substitutes … Continue reading

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