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Thoughts from the Well: May 2012

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Wednesday, May 16, 2012. Stuck in Traffic on the Information Superhighway. Last summer I set out to be a contributing writer for a neato Christianity-meeting-culture website (at least I think that's still what we call it). I contributed two or three times, then fell under the homeschool bus. today I suddenly realized I should probably withdraw from the contributing team- which sent me into a panic that I need to start contributing STAT! Or my relevance as a writer will have officially withered and died.

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Thoughts from the Well: September 2011

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Thursday, September 15, 2011. Keeping Vigil and Carrying the Load. Life is full of pain, yet God's goodness still shines through. This day has felt strangely holy, as I hold three people before the Lord in my thoughts. My friend Katie, whose police officer husband accidentally struck and killed a local 14 year old kid. Yesterday morning. What a shocking event in this small community, well connected to the families on both sides of the situation. And an amazing blogger, Sara. Whose words I have been readi...

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When We Sing Together: November 2006

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When We Sing Together. Sing a song that's new, so the children, will remember. See me smile, is this you? Sing with me. When we laugh together, laugh about old quarrels, til their smoothed out like the waters. Birds on high, sweetly sing, songs of hope.when we pray together, share a perfect love, hold the beauty God has given, the angels know, later on, we'll see it all." Victoria Williams. View my complete profile. What I Used to Think. A Quote of Clarity. What I'm Currently Reading. Back on the Shelf.

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Thoughts from the Well: Homeschool Report: Week 32--I Mean 31B

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Wednesday, May 2, 2012. Homeschool Report: Week 32- I Mean 31B. Here at the tail end of the school year, would you like a peek inside our ordinary day? Just a warning, it may not inspire or encourage. Hopefully it will not cause you to turn away in disapproval, but I tell myself I don't seek your approval anyway. Which would likely turn into a fun 90 minute pyro experiment on the back porch involving testing every piece of flora and trash in the back yard for flammability. In reality, I think we will.

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Thoughts from the Well: Teachable Moments

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Tuesday, May 8, 2012. I started the homeschool year with the idea that my philosophy of education fits with a model termed. Involving the systematic use of memorization, dictation, narration, and copywork to organize the assimilation of knowledge across language, history, and science. The trivium seemed an efficiently appropriate way of presenting this type of education through the three stages of grammar, logic, and rhetoric. It all made so much sense. We did spend twenty minutes before lunch discussing...

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Thoughts from the Well: April 2012

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Monday, April 30, 2012. Would you Like to Buy an 'O'? Spotlight burns my eyes and blocks my view of the darkened house, as I nervously tap the microphone and utter low and soft into the sudden hush, "Hello? Is this thing on? Funny how taking a blog hiatus can seem so significant, and how coming back can seem such a hill to climb. Because it's not true. I know this, because I still found time for Facebook. I might lose touch with all my friends! But I am given courage by a friend who recently quit the soc...

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Thoughts from the Well: October 2010

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Friday, October 29, 2010. Texas summers bear down harsh on the land. Hot gusts blow across parched earth. Deep fissures have no discernible end, as if they might lead into the center of the earth. Low twiggy scrub dots the valley floor here and there, while a few stunted live oaks stand resolute against summer’s furnace. Where I stand today, cracked earth greets my gaze in every direction. My heart sinks at the dismal picture of drought before me. Could anything restore this to usefulness? But even with ...

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When We Sing Together: August 2008

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When We Sing Together. Sing a song that's new, so the children, will remember. See me smile, is this you? Sing with me. When we laugh together, laugh about old quarrels, til their smoothed out like the waters. Birds on high, sweetly sing, songs of hope.when we pray together, share a perfect love, hold the beauty God has given, the angels know, later on, we'll see it all." Victoria Williams. View my complete profile. What I Used to Think. Summer is Slipping Away. What I'm Currently Reading. It had a leech...

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When We Sing Together: June 2007

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When We Sing Together. Sing a song that's new, so the children, will remember. See me smile, is this you? Sing with me. When we laugh together, laugh about old quarrels, til their smoothed out like the waters. Birds on high, sweetly sing, songs of hope.when we pray together, share a perfect love, hold the beauty God has given, the angels know, later on, we'll see it all." Victoria Williams. View my complete profile. What I Used to Think. The Leopard Shows its Spots. What I'm Currently Reading. It was hel...

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When We Sing Together: November 2007

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When We Sing Together. Sing a song that's new, so the children, will remember. See me smile, is this you? Sing with me. When we laugh together, laugh about old quarrels, til their smoothed out like the waters. Birds on high, sweetly sing, songs of hope.when we pray together, share a perfect love, hold the beauty God has given, the angels know, later on, we'll see it all." Victoria Williams. View my complete profile. What I Used to Think. What I'm Currently Reading. Back on the Shelf. Lost in the Funhouse.