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Calling All Authors!

March 3, 2007 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Hearth & Home, Homeschooling, Minnesota Me Leave a Comment

...would-be or otherwise!The publishers of the latest edition in the Amazing Grace series, Amazing Grace for Home Schoolers, are in need of a few good submissions.According to Theresa Thomas, (one of the editors), “It will be 101 stories of faith, hope, inspiration & humor for home schooling families, showing God's grace in their lives.”Do you … [Read more...]

Homeschooling Mother Tries Subversive New Tactic

March 2, 2007 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Hearth & Home, Homeschooling, Minnesota Me, Real Learning Leave a Comment

My boys were complaining that they never got a snow day.So I gave them one.And somehow, we're all fine with that. … [Read more...]

Oh no! Another Poem!

February 15, 2007 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Homeschooling, Minnesota Me, Really Bad Poetry 10 Comments

This one's for Dawn.Home is Where the Cold IsHome is where the cold is.It’s the Minnesotan Way.And a winter without frostbiteIs our goal throughout the day.To stick our tongue upon the flagpoleIs to prove our Northern best;For despite the pain we’ve shown our mettle,Though the dare was done was in jest!Our cars are all one color;They’re a lovely … [Read more...]

What a Day!

December 1, 2006 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Blogging, Homeschooling, Minnesota Me Leave a Comment

...to be out and about in the blogosphere!Put on your jackets and grab a thermos of peppermint cocoa. Dawn has put together an absolutely wonderful Late Autumn Field Day over at By Sun and Candlelight.She had help, of course. Wow! What an awesome collection of harvest reflections! I am grabbing my coat & mittens and going out to make some new … [Read more...]

Late Autumn Reminiscence

November 30, 2006 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Food and Drink, Homeschooling, Minnesota Me, Spiritual Growth 14 Comments

Being a big huge enormous fan of anything posted on By Sun and Candlelight, (I am a Dawn wannabe), I have put together a set of reflections on why I love late November for Dawn's Late Autumn Field Day.As always, they are in the form of a list and in this case, come in triplicate. (It must be a Holy Trinity thing.)So here we go, then. Three of my … [Read more...]

It’s a Carnival!

October 8, 2006 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Current Affairs, Homeschooling, Minnesota Me Leave a Comment

Pop some corn and sip some cider. The very first Carnival of Catholic Homeschooling can be perused here. … [Read more...]

A Triptych of Fall Favorites

September 24, 2006 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Homeschooling, Minnesota Me 5 Comments

Oh, how I love the Fall.And it is not only because of my October birthday (ahem! 40 years young this year!) although one's birthday does lend a festive tone to any season.More than that, it's the color.It's the crisp, Fall air on a Sunday afternoon.It's the baking.And finally, it's the feast days!So here, then, is a triptych of Fall favorites, … [Read more...]

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