Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Quote for the day: Frodo couldn't have said it better

›
'You're crazy/restless/brave.' Only when I have to be.  "All Roads Lead Home,"  at From This Side of the Pond .

Fashion Revolution Week: Haulternatives on coats and jackets

›
The Fashion Revolution people, aiming at a crowd apparently much younger than I am, suggest that those wanting to share creative Haulternati...
Monday, April 18, 2016

Decluttering Scavenger Hunt (want to play?)

›
The list of items for this decluttering scavenger hunt came from the BeMoreWithLess website . It's supposed to be a family or a group ch...

Fashion Revolution Week (something to watch)

›
Fashion Revolution home page We never used to ask. Clothes were clothes, stores were stores, fabric was fabric. You bought what you needed...
2 comments:
Sunday, April 17, 2016

That's a bit oversimplified

›
Do you remember, it was a few years ago now, I groused here at Christmas time about helpful "decorating tips" from the media, th...
Thursday, April 14, 2016

Quote for the day: we are among supernatural things always

›
From J ohn Inglesant, by John Henry Shorthouse A young man in the 17th century is caught between religious teachings; everyone tells him s...
Wednesday, April 13, 2016

There's still some roooom (AO Conference in Texas)

›
Join us at the AmblesideOnline Deep in the Heart of AO Conference , May 19-21 2016. (Cow graphic courtesy of Brandy Vencel)

Wednesday Hodgepodge: Spaghetti Dreams Edition

›
Notes from our Hodgepodge hostess:   "Here are the questions to this week's Wednesday Hodgepodge. Answer on your own blog, then hop...
2 comments:
Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Planet June, smart crocheting lady (a new technique)

›
For crocheters, epecially those who do amigurumi  toys, doll hats, or other projects where you use back-loop-only stitches to switch betwe...

Re-posted quote for the day: Broken plates and broken plans

›
"There is completely no secret: just plunging in, allowing time, making space, giving energy, tending each situation with warm-hearted...
Friday, April 08, 2016

Greener, greener, greener

›
Also sunnier.
Thursday, April 07, 2016

Who's counting? The problem of minimalism

›
From a 2013 post:  M any of our houses contain several-times-over-enough stuff already to be beautiful, functional, and express our dreams...
3 comments:

Green, green, green

›
3 comments:

From the archives: Knowledge and nonsense

›
First posted April 2006 My friend the DHM at  The Common Room   quoted Charlotte Mason today : "There is absolutely no avenue to know...
2 comments:
Wednesday, April 06, 2016

Once upon a time and a very good time it was there was a moocow coming down along the road

›
Join us at the AmblesideOnline Deep in the Heart of AO Conference, May 19-21 2016. (Cow graphic courtesy of Brandy Vencel)
2 comments:

Drip drip drip

›
(Finally.)

Oh yes, please do read this today

›
More than once, I've gone back to Wendell Berry's novel Hannah Coulter ; even posted  about it here  in relation to the way the chil...
Monday, April 04, 2016

What a whole day of snow in April looks like

›
Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Some special stuff coming on Project 333

›
For anyone interested in Courtney Carver's Be More with Less / Project 333, she has an upcoming webinar planned, and you can also win a ...

Wednesday Hodgepodge: almost an April Fool

›
From our Hodgepodge hostess: "Here are this week's questions to the Wednesday Hodgepodge. Answer on your own blog then spring back ...
4 comments: