Category Archives: Books
Busy Kids
Here’s why SillyBilly has been busy lately: We struggled with the idea of him joining scouts for a long time: the discrimination issue, the selling of things, etc. But in the end we decided the benefits outweighed those more abstract … Continue reading
Filed under Books, Napoleona, papa, School, SillyBilly
A Secret Hazard of Editing
I don’t mean to whine, but I am sick of being sick, already. The day before our big trip to Washington, Napoleona puked all day. So of course the next day, while somewhere in the middle of nowhere (between Baker … Continue reading
Filed under Books, editing, Health, Silliness and Mayhem
Vacation; or, We Attack the Pacific Northwest
N.B.: I’m stealing the format of this post from Tammy, because it’s a great way to do this quickly given that we took about 4,000 pictures. We drove from Pocatello to Port Townsend, WA (1,700 miles) to visit Grammy and … Continue reading
Poetry and Speech
On Mother’s Day one of the things we did was go to the bookstore. I’ve been So Very Good lately, getting all of my books either from the library or BookMooch, so I felt justified in buying a few for … Continue reading
Filed under Books, Poetry, Silliness and Mayhem
Random Things I Thought I’d Share with You
1) SillyBilly has dived full-bore in to reading. He insisted on getting a chapter book yesterday at the book fair at school. I’ve been steering him toward the simpler, early-reader type books… but no, he wanted a big kid book. … Continue reading
Filed under Books, Health, Napoleona, Nature, Nature tables, Silliness and Mayhem, SillyBilly
Darwin, Gradually
Having finally finished the unpleasant book about psychopathic killers, I have gone back to finish editing a series of essays about Charles Darwin. 2009 is the 200th anniversary of Darwin’s birth, so he’s being feted and written about left and … Continue reading
Inherited Bookishness
Warning: book-related geekery ahead! Today SillyBilly and I had a book-lovin’ afternoon. First we watched this video of a modern book bindery that a fellow EFA member mentioned on our group discussion board (double click to open this one): This … Continue reading
Filed under art, Books, editing, General silliness, Napoleona, play, SillyBilly, Writing
Mixed Bag
Image via Wikipedia Today’s New York Times Opinion section included the article “Ban the Breast Pump” by Judith Warner in her weekly column “Domestic Disturbances.” Inflammatory title, no? Even more inflammatory to me are some of her basic assumptions. Warner … Continue reading
Observations
Seasons Change They tell me it’s spring, but the last few days have not seemed so. We spent most of Sunday inside except for necessities like doing laundry and driving to church. Instead of singing spring songs with the kids, … Continue reading
Spiritual Tasks of the Homemaker – Part 10
Last time we looked at the relationship between the home and cultural life. Today we will see how the homemaker can set out on a path of self-development. ❖❖❖❖❖❖ In fostering the home as a locus for cultural renewal, the … Continue reading
Filed under Anthroposophy, Books, Deep Thoughts, Homemaking
