Recollections of August usually include mornings at the beach, lazy, hazy afternoons with a book, and sticky evenings on the back porch with the ceiling fan on hurricane speed. The wooshing of the blades and clacking of the pull-chain accompanied … Continue reading August Snapshots
June was such a gift of gorgeous weather, that I simply refused to be annoyed with July. The Daughter’s summer schedule picked right up where we left off in June, with weekly AHG Bible Study, a weekly painting class, and … Continue reading July Snapshots
June was absolutely beautiful in Coastal Virginia. Cool temperatures enabled us to savor the outdoors before the crushing humidity we know is coming in July and August. The very first day of June we hosted our church Home Group. I … Continue reading June Snapshots
The Daughter and I both really put our noses to the grindstone for the first three weeks of July in order to finish strong. While she was finishing up Ivanhoe, How the Heather Looks, William Tyre: Deeds Done Beyond the … Continue reading July looked like this…
Our third term poet is Alfred, Lord Tennyson. We’ve been making our way through the poems recommended for Tennyson for Y7, including this excerpt from “Maude” which really resonates with me right now. It seems very much like a metaphor. Who hasn’t felt the … Continue reading Frail, but of force to withstand
You’ll never believe this, but I signed up for the WordPress Writing 101 Daily Blogging Challenge for June. Yep. I set two goals. First, to write shorter posts, and second, to write more frequently. And then posted absolutely nothing all … Continue reading June looked like this
