Dewey's Treehouse

Tonight's dinner menu: Polish wieners on the barbecue Pasta Salad Primavera, from Saving Dinner. Dessert: Flintstones chocolate ...

"At the breakfast table, I took a look at my father with his round head, his iron-colored hair, his chipper red cheeks, and I wondered ...

Too good not to share: "...the common elements that will unite all human beings in a single, cultural community will be related to su...

"In what sense then is there a human nature, a specific nature that is common to all members of the species? The answer can be given in...

This robin has been on our porch railing since this morning. He's too young to fly very well, I think. A parent has been by a couple o...

I don't think I've ever done a clothes post here, at least not a human one. Usually what I'm wearing isn't my biggest concer...

Rhubarb muffins and store-bought cookies. I had a dozen little star pans left from Christmas, so I decided to use them up.

"...each human being as a person is an end to be served, not a means to be used..." Mortimer J. Adler, Ten Philosophical Mistakes

 Found on a recent trip: vintage copies of The Little Duke and Selections from Matthew Arnold. The Little Duke is inscribed "Willie W...

It was decided to begin with Apple-sauce.    "How happy," exclaimed Mr. Peterkin, "that this should come first of all! A...

From Grandpa Squirrel's weekend newspapers: a New York Times article celebrating clutter . "In accumulating, we honor the art o...

"If you ask [a person] intelligent questions--that is, penetrating, interested, honest, frank, direct questions on the subject, and no ...

First posted June 2005. I finished history for this year, almost. I'm doing history about the Wars of the Roses. It's where one si...

First posted June 2005. Lydia's first blog name was Crayons. 1. Crayons, age 4, perusing an alphabet place mat: How come the O is HERE...

Tonight's dinner menu: Reheated macaroni and cheese Reheated chili with fries baked on top Yesterday's salad Strawberr...

When Henry asked me to fill in as host for this month's Carnival of Homeschooling , I couldn't say no. I have been part of the Ca...

Mr. Fixit and I were having a conversation, about other conversations we've had with other people. One thing we've noticed is that t...

When I had my first tablet, this commercial used to show up every time I downloaded an e-book. I thought it was funny at the time.

Did any of you have trouble with the how-to-submit-to-the-Carnival-of-Homeschooling link I posted? Here it is again, working for sure this t...

I'm blogging at AnneWrites today.  Want to come over? Big Green Checkmarks Richard Feynman says (in The Meaning of It All: Thoughts...