Tales from the Bonny Blue House
A Catholic homeschooling mother reveals all (or most).
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Absent, Busy and Rushed… Where have I been and what have I been doing?? The short answer is no where and not very much. Here is the longer version.. What I have been doing · I have been schooling the children vigorously, much to their chagrin · I have been driving […]
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I haven’t been blogging much due to other writing commitments and just being busy. However, this I could not let go by without mention. My dear friend Alice has written a book and it will soon be published by Hillside Education. This is such wonderful news on many levels. The first is that Alice is […]
The whole video clip thing is driving me nuts today. So I put the three video clips in a sidebar here if you are interested in seeing my beautiful older daughters reciting their selections. Kelli, as you know, did "Think Pink" by Christina Rossetti. Erin recited "Red, Red Rose" by Robert Burns and Katie’s piece […]
This past Sunday our homeschool group held a Poetry Slam at which about 40 children and a few parents recited great works of poetry. Kelli’s offering was "Think Pink" by Christina Rossetti (or RoseBetty if you go by Kelli). UPDATE: Kelli does in fact, have a head. I just can’t get this sized correctly to […]
"Lent is the time for entering into oneself. It is the period of the particular intimacy with God in the secrecy of one’s own heart and conscience… Lent is essentially an invitation to conversion." ~ Pope John Paul II "The act of putting on ashes symbolizes fragility and mortality, and the need to be redeemed […]
