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25 January 2025 – What Squirrels do in Winter, How Many Miles is a League, How Much of Spain had been Conquered, the Butchering Bird

My son asked me why there were squirrels everywhere despite the frigid temperatures. "Don't they hibernate?" He'd seen it on SpongeBob so it must be...

Election Season and the Maccabean Revolt

            Maybe the world isn’t run by lizard people per se, but lately, I can...

Book Review: Babbitt

by: Sinclair Lewis Babbit was written in the 1920s by Sinclair Lewis who was a socialist.  Normally, a socialist's commentary on American...

The Children’s Mass

            There were a lot of babies and children at Mass.  Their sounds filled the air.  There was crying, laughing, burbling, shouting, loud...
December 3, 2022

December 3, 2022

Children are naturally curious creatures and with so many under one roof coupled with the fact that we homeschool, we are frequently looking things...

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November 26, 2022

November 26, 2022

Children are naturally curious creatures and with so many under one roof coupled with the fact that we homeschool, we are frequently looking things...

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Saturday Morning Fairy Eggs

Saturday Morning Fairy Eggs

November 12, 2022 Children are naturally curious creatures and with so many under one roof coupled with the fact that we homeschool, we are...

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George Washington’s World

George Washington’s World

by Genevieve Foster I read this with my son for his history class. The concept of this book was very cool. It went through the main stages of George...

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