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January School Days
We unintentionally took most of the month of December off from scheduled school, due to my grandfather’s death, our unplanned trip to up my folks’ for the calling hours and burial, and then, of course,...
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Art
Right now, we have three Ralph Masiello drawing books (Farm, Ancient Egypt, and Fairies, which book I’m going to have to buy because my girls wail whenever we have to return it to the library and risk...
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Oh, THIS Is Why I’m Tired
Got up at 4:30 this morning to take care of Grace’s latest coughing fit. Two nights ago she was up almost all night hacking, so I was happy enough to hand her over to Carl after 15 minutes today and...
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Gramercy, I Cry!
I was never taught much grammar, per se. I figured it all out pretty much on my own, through all the reading I did, and my mom taught me how to assign the names to parts of sentences in middle school,...
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Homeschool Dilemma
Warning: homeschool talk, and nothing else, ahead. If that topic bores you, feel free to skip this post. I won’t be offended. This is mostly to help me sort out my own confused thoughts. When we are on...
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School Days, Here Again
I am (not really) guiltily sitting in my comfy chair right in the middle of our school day, because Carl has temporarily taken over math class with Joy and Grace is drawing, which doesn’t require...
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Already Booked (My Life, That Is)
Worked some on From the Shadows today and thought, “Boy, if I could just take one week where I did nothing but write (like I did when I wrote the initial novella), I could have this sucker done.” Then...
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And Poof
… just like that, the summer is gone. I’m not breaking my heart over its departure. I hate the heat with a burning passion. When it gets 90°F or higher, when you can’t even open the windows at night...
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Two Weeks In
We are (almost) halfway through January! How is the month looking for everyone else? Here, we’ve had: Rearranged our living room and can’t figure out why we waited 3.5 years to set it up like this....
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February Into March
For such a short month, February sure packed a lot in this year. February 9th, I received my first short story acceptance! My science fiction story “The Last Defense” will be appearing in the April...
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April Showers Bring …
… May showers, apparently. I keep reminding myself of the awful drought last year and how much we needed rain (especially since we didn’t get much snow this winter), but oh, my spirit is longing for...
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We Did It
Proper May wrap-up post coming at the end of the month, but this seemed worth noting in a post all its own … May 13, 2017 Eleven years from the time Carl started to teach himself Greek so as to better...
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June Dreams
This June was our last ballet recital. Maybe not forever, but for a while. Not only are we moving, both girls want to move on to something new. In our four years here, Grace has done ice skating,...
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Falling Into October
Some days it’s hard to believe we’ve been in our new house, new life for a month already–but most days it feels like we’ve been here forever. Which can make it tricky when we are trying to figure out...
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Miscellany
Summer is winding down, despite the still-soaring temperatures. School is back in session, for those following a traditional schedule. Trees are starting to show glimpses of color. One or two nights...
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