This morning, we had 2.5 cubic yards of pulverized topsoil delivered to our driveway. Because it has been raining for two days, the dumptruck could not drive to the back of the property to dump the load conveniently next to our garden beds. Instead, we had to move it…75 feet. 2.5 cubic [...]
One of the common questions many homeschoolers are asked is, “What about socialization?” After muttering some things about how much more time homeschooled children have for such things in comparison to their desk-bound peers, I finally decided to look up the word to see what was really at stake. I looked it up [...]
edit: This isn’t over yet. St. Luke’s denied the transfer 20 minutes before the ambulance was to transport her to the airport. They said the facility had insufficient equipment to meet Andrea’s needs. I thought this a bit ironic considering they are about to pull the life support from her, anyway. [...]
On the way to gymnastics this week, my Baby Bear shouted, “No! Stop!” as we were approaching the railroad tracks. I instinctively slowed down.
“What’s wrong?” I asked.
“Railroad tracks,” he said matter-of-factly.
“Yes, dear. But there’s no train.”
“I know. Can we wait for one?”
Sometimes, I wonder if [...]
According to Jeremy Bentham, “nature has put man under the governance of two sovereign masters: pleasure and pain.” This is the guiding force behind utilitarianism, a philosophy of morality originally put forth by David Hume and further developed by John Stuart Mill. It is a central tenet to much of the moral relativism [...]
In a binder in my file cabinet, I have a growing collection of rejection slips from publishing companies I have kept. My first one is obviously a copy of a copy of a copy…and by the grainy, thick, gray print, I wouldn’t be surprised if its earliest ancestor was one of those inky blue [...]
I have kind of an informal rambling on general thoughts on education in my sidebar, but I thought I would formalize it a bit more. I’m going to divide this into three parts (I think): my beliefs about education, my goals for education and how I plan to go about getting there (actions).
Beliefs
And [...]
Conventions
Mat 5:18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
God is is a God of order and detail. He paid special attention to each aspect of creation and to His plan for [...]
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