Education at Home

For the past year and a half, I’ve been homeschooling my daughter. She’s now eight and in “second” grade. Most days we don’t follow a strict routine, and that works well for us. We manage to fit in all that we need to and I try not to stress about missing something that will impede [...]

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A Time to Slow Down

The holidays used to be rush, rush, rush for me. It wasn’t unusual to find me shopping during the last few days before Christmas for last minute gifts. While I wasn’t a devoted enough planner to shop on Black Friday or a good enough procrastinator to wait until Christmas Eve, I was still great at [...]

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Matriarch

What makes a matriarch? Is a matriarch the oldest female in the family, or the wisest, or simply the one who usurps the role? We often conflate age and wisdom in our society, possibly because no one ever feels quite “wise,” but it seems safe to assume that age confers wisdom. I think my own [...]

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Sunday photos: Mother’s Day

Emily from Tanglewood Farm, here! My mother has been a huge role model in my life. She is incredibly practical, hardy, and full of life, and it’s these traits that I’ve been trying to cultivate in myself as I’ve grown. She has a sort of quiet appreciation of things, and the ability to find wonder [...]

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Children and Nature

Now that the heat is going away, we are spending even more time outdoors. I find it extremely important to teach my daughter about the environment around her, and how to take care of it. This morning we went for a hike on the nearby Natchez Trace. This is the second official “hike” she’s gone [...]

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Feeling overwhelmed…

Ever feel like this? It seems like that at least once or twice a year I sit back and look at my life and am completely overwhelmed. There are so many good and constructive and meaningful things that I wish to accomplish that there seems to be no way to get it all done. I [...]

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Sunday Photos….Mother’s Day

Hey, Kim here!  My kids always ask me what I want for Mother’s Day. Each year we have the same conversation. “I just want to hang out with you guys.” “But that is what you do every day.” “I know…that is what I like to do.” “Do you want  a present?” “No” “Do you want [...]

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