Now I don’t know all the details as I’ve got most of them second-hand. In addition, I won’t mention anyone by name, because I haven’t asked permission to talk about it. However, I happen to know all the protagonists, and I am both very proud and a little emotional about it, and I [...]
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[ 3 May, 2009; 22 May, 2009; ] He was born the same month he died. Twas in the month of May that my father was born, May 3rd 1932. He was a good father and husband, a thinking man with a dry sense of humor, and a sense of obligation that I think sometimes almost pained him. I’m afraid we [...] May 3rd, 2009 | Tags: birthday, remembrance, spring | Category: Events & Holidays, Family, Personal | Leave a comment
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I wish I could draw cartoons, this would be a suitable medium to describe what we did. Alternately, video would be handy… April 20th, 2009 | Tags: experiment, flight, parachute | Category: Education, Family, children | Leave a comment
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This is the “Year for Change” for sure, and I think even the skeptical are feeling the pull. I also believe those who ignore it will end up left behind, but that’s just my opinion, and you know what they say about those. February 12th, 2009 | Category: Education, Family, Personal | Leave a comment
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As a new year comes to an end, it’s always a good thing to look back and see what has been accomplished, what could have been better, what could have been worse. Consider this my 1st annual mini newsletter. January – March 2008: January 1st, 2009 | Tags: Family | Category: Family, Personal | Leave a comment
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Here am I, sitting at my friend’s computer at 7 o’clock in the morning, thinking how wonderful it is to see her and her family. All is well. All manner of things are well. December 27th, 2008 | Category: Family, Personal, children | Leave a comment
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Pretty neat, isn’t it? I don’t know about you, but it’s been a tough year for me, for my entire family. There’s been job loss with the corresponding loss of income. My mother-in-law passed away just two days before my husband’s birthday, four days before mine. There’s been some degree of depression (not necessarily clinical, just [...] November 25th, 2008 | Tags: Family, friends, gratefullness, thanks, Thanksgiving | Category: Family, Personal, children | Leave a comment
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Two days ago, Saturday November 15th, my middle daughter approaches me with a plan for her older sister’s 14th birthday. She wanted to blow out a party, with room rental, a guest list, cake, food, music, and a THEME. I [...] |
Latest on Tue, 10:19 : Hi, My name is Donna Wilcox, I am working with BikeAthens this semester, I'm not sure if you have heard of them, but after reading this [...] Site Stats
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The Hidden Joys of Homeschooling
Whenever adults ask my children where they go to school and they answer “We’re homeschooled”, their second reaction (shortly after “That’s great!”) too often is to say “I couldn’t do that, be with my kids all the time!” I never can understand that. Silently, I always wonder “Then why did you bother [...]