It’s almost over!

February that is. I’m not usually one to wish time away but I’d be lying if I didn’t say I was glad to see February go. That ever so short month that feels ever so long. I can’t help but wonder if adding in an extra day for leap year was someone’s idea of a cruel joke. Of course next month we will have to listen to all the outcry about St. Patrick’s Day. Let me just clue you...

Meet me in Kansas City!

Kansas City Conference for Catholic Homeschoolers 2008 Friday June 13th and Saturday June 14th, 2008 Savior of the World Pastoral Center, Kansas City, KS I’ll be giving two talks. Friday evening: “The Family-Centered Life: The Family of God and the Domestic Church” Saturday afternoon: “A Charlotte Mason Education – the How and Why of a Living Education” See the schedule of...

A new knitting book!

Great Yarns for the Close-Knit Family Over two dozen original hand-knit designs inspired by one dozen fantastic family read-alouds By Mary C. Gildersleeve The really interesting thing about this book is that it features knitting projects that accompany great works of children’s literature: Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi Canadian Summer by Hilda van Stockum The Hobbit By J.R.R. Tolkein Little House...

Coloring Fun!

Illuminated Ink’s latest coloring contest has just been posted. Check it...

February daze

Is it just me or does this month seem to just drag on endlessly? The weather isn’t helping – not that we’ve had it as bad as some parts of the country but it’s cold and dreary nonetheless. Seems like the perfect time to be sewing and yet I haven’t done anything in over a month. Today though, I am determined! I have tided up my sewing area, laid out the patterns and fabric and have a...

In gratitude

Last night as my husband and I were waiting to pull out of a shopping mall parking lot onto a busy road, a car skidded on the slippery road and came careening towards us. Because my husband has remarkably quick reflexes (he always has) he was able to move the car just enough so that instead of being hit full on the side (his side) we were “clipped” on the rear corner. The car that clipped us then hit a...

Can a mother observe Lent?

Please take a moment to read Kathryn Mulderink’s beautiful Lenten reflection for mother’s. It’s well worth the...

St. Valentine

This is late but too beautiful not to share. I hope you had a lovely St. Valentine’s day! The Saint Valentine was a holy priest in Rome, who, with St. Marius and his family, assisted the martyrs in the persecution under Claudius II. He was apprehended, and sent by the emperor to the prefect of Rome, who, on seeing that Valentine would never renounce his faith, had him beaten with clubs, and afterwards,...

Perfect timing!

I just posted about the conference and now I see that Hillside Education has just announced Alice Gunther’s new book! Alice Gunther is the featured speaker at this year’s Family-Centered Learning Conference. Haystack Full of Needles, A Catholic Home Educator’s Guide to Socialization by Alice Gunther This is the book we’ve all been waiting for. The book that explains why ...

Family-Centered Learning Conference update

Have you checked out the conference page lately? It’s being updated regularly. The date has been changed but we’re all set and it’s really starting to come together. I hope you can join us because it’s going to be...