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A Thing About Tea

Behold, our tea cupboard! We seem to have A Thing About Tea. We are hopelessly addicted to loose leaf tea. We have done five big orders from David’s Tea since early last fall, supplemented by Two HillsĀ and Teaopia purchases now

Miranda February 22, 2011February 3, 2016 Books, Main, Resources

Archived!

I write this blog for many reasons. Some are about the process, but several are also related to the product. The accumulated virtual scrapbook is an important memento of family activities, adventures, challenges and milestones. Important not just to me,

Miranda April 16, 2010February 3, 2016 Books, Main, Miscellaneous, Resources

Gentle stories

When Fiona was sick I went looking through our bookshelves for books to read to her. She still enjoys picture books, but often, and especially when she’s sick, she prefers longer stories. The other day we rediscovered Catwings, and I

Miranda March 5, 2008February 3, 2016 Books, Main, Resources

Harry Potter Week

It started with a trip to see the fifth movie. We see a movie in a theatre approximately once every 12-16 months, since it entails a big drive. But HP5 was the opening night in our family Harry Potter Fest,

Miranda July 26, 2007February 3, 2016 Books, Homeschooling, Main

Adolescence? No thanks.

For years I have been saying “we’re not doing adolescence in our family.” I’m sure many people on the message boards and e-mail lists I frequent have quietly snickered and thought “just you wait…” Some have certainly snickered not so

Miranda June 20, 2007December 30, 2016 Books, Family Matters, Main

Biology 101

Normally a post I write entitled Biology 101 would be about chasing frogs, or watching the garden grow, or planting trees or growing a sourdough culture. But this time it really is about a college-level introductory biology course. Actually it’s

Miranda June 18, 2007February 3, 2016 Books, Main, Resources, Science

Harry Potter Day

Of course we made the trek to a bookstore for the new Harry Potter on release day. It was a good day for a trip to Nelson for grocery shopping, so we did that. I stalwartly resisted the lure of

Miranda July 16, 2005February 3, 2016 Books, Homeschooling, Main

Reading aloud

Maintaining the kids’ interest in being read aloud to as they grow older is something I’ve been working away at. I’m of a mind to think that the key is to treat reading aloud as something families do, rather than

Miranda April 16, 2005February 3, 2016 Books, Homeschooling, Main

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