November 15th, 2009

A Daybook?

Yes, a Daybook.

I make no promises about being faithful or consistent in writing these, but after reading other bloggers’ daybooks for so long now, it has finally occurred to me that this might be a useful weekly exercise for me too. Writing down thoughts and goals at the beginning of a new week seems like a very good way to not only share some small details but also

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November 13th, 2009

Not Sure How to Grade This One

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November 12th, 2009

Why I Never Felt the Need to Experiment With Psychedelic Drugs

I grew up on this stuff:

November 12th, 2009

Love and Hate and Homeschooling

Inside Catholic is re-running a column of mine today … about my complicated relationship with homeschooling:

I Love Homeschooling … I Hate Homeschooling

November 12th, 2009

Day 134

How did you spend Veteran’s Day?

Read how one military wife did.

And then, whatever prayers you said yesterday for our veterans and their families, say some more today.

November 11th, 2009

Raising Him Right

The moment it came on the car radio, a dozy 3-year-old Daniel snapped to attention:

“Turn that up really loud, Mama.”

November 10th, 2009

Do Not Be Disturbed

Words of soothing and warning from Clare of Assisi:

November 9th, 2009

What the Heck is a Tweeterview?

Apparently, a tweeterview is an interview on twitter (140 characters at a time) that you can watch live on the tweeterview site or read through later at your leisure (they are archived there).

I decided to figure out the rest of the details by participating in one myself. So I’ll be tweeterviewing my dear dear dearie of a friend Rachel Balducci, known to her twitter followers as “Ms. Testosterhome.”

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