Dewey's Treehouse

"Before she goes 'shopping,' she must use her reason, and that rapidly, to lay down the principles on which she is to choose ...

A good thought for today:  "The best people to deal with are those who are very reluctant to encroach and who are careful to always ...

Skillet Goulash with Spinach, from The $5 Dinner Mom One-Dish Dinners Cookbook , by Erin Chase.  Includes ground beef and pasta; I'll ...

Together: Ourselves Book II, starting The Way of the Will. Poetry: England in Literature,  Spenser Nature Journalling (that's ho...

Front hall The last of the garden flowers Roast Chicken Perogy Casserole Veggies Chocolate Tofu Pie Squash Loaf a...

"Before the terrorism, I used to carry a heavy bag to school, and I used to learn every day, but I did not know how important educatio...

Tonight's menu: Sausage and sauerkraut and potatoes in the slow cooker Salad Squash cake, which is pumpkin loaf made with butternu...

In two weeks, some local CMers and I will be travelling to the 2nd L'Harmas retreat in Kingsville, Ontario. In case you can't gu...

The Apprentice is still here, but she's going out antiquing with Mr. Fixit, Grandpa Squirrel, and Uncle Squirrel, and then they're d...

Tonight's dinner menu: Choice of two kinds of chicken thighs: baked with orange-ginger sauce (positively the last of the bottle), or b...

Hymns:  "And Can it Be" Current events Daughter of Time page 165-174.   Why Tyrrell's confession was so bogus. Lydi...

Tonight's dinner menu: Chicken Tortilla Helper:  ground chicken, cut-up tortillas, black beans, cheddar cheese, homemade taco seaso...

Last night Mr. Fixit and I dropped Lydia at her drama class and took a bunch of stuff back to the library.  I took out a couple of $5 Dinne...

OK, so yesterday the schedule got interrupted, but the work missed (mostly the independent work) can be caught up over the rest of the week....

Tonight's dinner menu: The rest of the frozen mini quiches from last week, because they're getting frost on them Mini sausages ...

Quote for the day, from today's Latin lesson:  "Moved by sense alone, the beast lives in the present, without thought of the past ...

Not perfect, but not bad.

We usually get groceries on Saturdays, so Friday nights are the time to have what Miss Maggie called "All the Good Leftovers." ...

"The smallest significant element in a book is, of course, a single word."   ~~ Mortimer J. Adler, How to Read a Book Toda...

If everything fits, why not? Tonight's dinner: Mini quiches, made earlier in the day.  Half spinach-cheese, half leftover vegeta...