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Moving on

A thoroughly empty nest

  As mid-2022 approaches and we are facing the likelihood of not having any of our four kids “home” for the first summer ever, it seems we really are empty nesters now. We still have an unbelievably ancient dog though,

Miranda April 25, 2022April 25, 2022 Being active, Family Matters, Main, Moving on, Out on the property, The Natural World 2 Comments

COVID-19: the first six months

I had a haircut scheduled. Fiona was supposed to be doing her driving road test in a few days. It was March 17th, 2020. A week later my hair was longer than ever, and it would continue to grow for

Miranda October 3, 2020October 5, 2020 Being active, Family Matters, Gardening, Moving on, Parenting, The Natural World, Travel 3 Comments

Done?

Are we done raising children? It almost feels like it. This is the third year with all three older kids living and working far from home. Fiona turned 16 this week and is incredibly self-sufficient, living 90 minutes from home.

Miranda January 28, 2019January 28, 2019 Main, Moving on 1 Comment

My big kid’s big job

Erin was poised to finish her Masters in Violin Performance at New England Conservatory this past May. We anticipated that she would eventually land a full-time orchestra position, but the classical music world being what it is, we knew that

Miranda October 16, 2018October 16, 2018 Main, Moving on, Music education, Travel 2 Comments

Will school ever be the whole story?

Although she’s only equivalent to Grade 9 by age and this semester is taking three academic Grade 12 courses, school has ended up being fairly unchallenging for Fiona. She picked up a DL Spanish course in October to fill her

Miranda December 5, 2017December 5, 2017 Being active, Moving on, Music education, School, Travel 3 Comments

Big summers

The big kids had big summers this year. We knew Erin’s would be big. She had been offered a Tanglewood fellowship. This meant spending the summer in the Berkshires in western Massachusetts playing in an amazing orchestra and performing at the

Miranda September 6, 2017 Moving on, School, Travel No Comments

A New School Year

First we drove Erin to Spokane. She flew out of the airport there with two giant suitcases (weighing 49.5 and 50.0 lbs respectively), her heavy messenger bag (carrying all the stuff that she unpacked from her suitcases to get them down

Miranda September 4, 2016September 10, 2016 Main, Moving on, Travel No Comments

Licensed!

Sophie did it, she powered through the “L” (learner’s) phase of getting a driver’s license, and got to the “N” (new driver) stage. As I wrote a year and a half ago, things are not exactly set up well, nor

Miranda September 1, 2016September 1, 2016 Main, Moving on 2 Comments

Brahms Concerto

Fiona and I made a whirlwind trip to Vancouver. For me it was the second in as many weekends. Erin had pulled up her roots in Montreal, and was making a stop in the Vancouver area before heading home to the

Miranda May 9, 2016July 2, 2016 Family Matters, Main, Moving on, Music education No Comments

Accomplishments

Over the past few years the focus of my blog (well, it’s arguable whether it has any focus at all) has moved away from the specifics of what my children are up to. That’s been the natural result of them

Miranda April 15, 2016July 2, 2016 Main, Mathematics, Moving on, Music education, School, Travel 3 Comments

Getting ready for school

We’ve started the paperwork, the “Request for Transfer” into the bricks-and-mortar high school that Fiona wants to attend next year. Actually, she has started the paperwork; for whatever reason this kid loves filling out forms and isn’t afraid of a

Miranda February 23, 2016February 28, 2016 Homeschooling, Main, Moving on, School No Comments

House progress

I really love our Nelson house. When we bought it I was sold on it as an investment, a fixer-upper, but I think I’m falling in love now. It has a really nice feel to the living space. It’s open

Miranda September 27, 2015February 3, 2016 Main, Moving on, Out on the property No Comments

The school year, times 4

For the first time all four of my kids are officially enrolled in school. Fiona (12) is enrolled one-quarter time, taking two courses at the local school. She’s doing math and science for two hours on each of Monday and

Miranda September 27, 2015February 3, 2016 Homeschooling, Main, Moving on, School No Comments

The Other House

We took possession of the Nelson house about four weeks ago. Sophie and Noah are more or less living there for the summer. Sophie is working full-time at a café. Noah is (theoretically at least) working on the house, though he

Miranda July 9, 2015February 3, 2016 Main, Moving on No Comments

Letter from college

Normally it would be odd for a parent receive an unsolicited email from one of her now-adult children’s university professors. This is different though, because this prof has been Erin’s violin teacher for four years. That includes the very first year, when

Miranda May 30, 2015February 3, 2016 Main, Moving on, Music education No Comments
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