To Sleep, Perchance to Scream
Ah, hindsight you wicked bitch. You always arch your cunning brow at me, just before you drop the bomb that makes cringe and facepalm a la Homer Simpson. Here at the homestead, we're reading Pamela Drukerman's delightfully written book "Bringing Up Bebe". Do you know it? It's a comparative analysis [...]
Unplugged
I've changed since we moved from the city to the country in July. Like many of you, I was completely glued to my iPhone, compulsively checking it to see what was happening on Facebook, and if any new email messages had come in. Now I actually hate checking my email. [...]
A Letter to 2013
Dear Last Year, I suppose I should thank you for kicking my ass. I was getting a bit smug, and starting to take some pretty important things for granted (like mortality and economic security) but you sure showed me, didn’t you? Thanks a lot for the heartbreaking brushes with fate, [...]
Creating a Space for Learning – Part 2
As promised, and long overdue, some photos of our homeschool classroom! You can see the 'before' photos at the bottom of this post from August. Thanks to all of the helping hands (Mamma S, Chacha, Nanna, and the girls) we've really got something special here! Mamma S is the reigning [...]
Time Away
November is over. I'm very happy about that because it's my least favourite month, and this year November was particularly dark. In fact, autumn in general has been coloured with so much loss and sorrow this year that I'm beginning to wonder if there is something about the shifting seasons [...]
Fall Wardrobe Essentials
I have a love/hate relationship with fall. The colours, the weather, and the fashion save me from sinking into the mire of painful personal associations with this season. The food, the harvest and the fact that both my baby boy and my eldest girl have autumn birthdays give me reason [...]