‘Night’ is used in this psalm and song figuratively though I find it often to be true in reality as well – dark, rainy nights are harder than times of bright sunshine and singing birds. Times when we are physically alone are harder than when a friend is right next to us and those ‘alone’ […]
We may not currently own acres and acres of land yet we do own a part of the greater picture. At times I feel like the odd one in my neighborhood, removing the traditional landscape plants (a.k.a. grass, boxwood, etc) to put in flowers and native plants. Yes, I still put in blackberries and a […]
“Things are not like they used to be.” “In the Old Days we would never have done it that way.” “Why does this generation keep trying to change things?! Can’t they just be happy with how things are?” I for one am happy for this change. Never has there been a better seat at a […]
Keeping it simple is sometimes hard to remember. Stepping out and asking someone for something can be even harder. During the last hive inspection I invited my apiary mentor over to join in the activity. My hope was to be reassured of my feeling that the hives were doing okay. Turns out they are doing […]
Rudyard Kipling is currently the poet for Term 1 of Year 5 of the Ambleside Online curriculum. We have read a few of his books in the past yet had not really learned anything about this author. This 14 minute clip gives a general overview of his life. There are a few sad moments, such […]
You are not alone. Someone greater than you loves you and cares for you. We are not alone Someone greater than us loves us and cares for us. David was the savior of his people. As a teenager he killed the giant Philistine who had the rest of the Isrealite army frozen with fear. When […]
This post was written two monts ago though it is still very relevant. Being encouraged by the officials and public at large to be antisocial, self isolating while home schooling, the irony is not lost on me. We have actually been less social than our typical week while seeing more people than is normal, albeit […]
Using the verb building for this particular project seems almost like cheating. Sometimes that is exactly the project I am looking to complete. 6 months back I picked up the glass globe from a fan someone had put out at the curb for trash pickup. This particular globe was larger and deeper than the average […]
Today begins our first day of Year 5 with Ambleside Online. It may be the first half of May but as we school year round we do not have a planned Summer Break which begins at a certain point. When we end one thing we seamlessly transition to the next, so this start of a […]
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