Inspiration can come from many sources. A couple days ago my children and I were listening to Beethoven’s Wig, which features added goofy lyrics to various classical music pieces. This piece, Harmony, to the tune of The Merry Peasant by Shumann came on, and it just struck me as such a wonderful family [...]
Archive for October, 2007
Joined in harmony
Posted in Uncategorized on October 27, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Chewed out for home schooling
Posted in Home schooling, parenting on October 17, 2007 | 3 Comments »
This past Friday my girls and I went to Harvest Farms with the Northern Colorado Home School group. They have a corn maze, a place where you can feed and pet various farm animals, a barrel train, and wagon-shaped sandboxes that are actually filled with corn.
L wanted to play in the “corn box,” so we [...]
Opportunity cost
Posted in Uncategorized on October 8, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I’m in the midst of an interesting dilemma, one I didn’t imagine I’d be in so soon as a professional writer. It’s the issue of too many opportunities. I’ve been asked by a number of people to write or edit various things. Some of those opportunities are paid and some are volunteer but good resume [...]
Is it the house or the stuff?
Posted in life on October 1, 2007 | 4 Comments »
The past three weeks I’ve been working with L on a preschool program. It’s been lots of fun, but seems to require about three hours of planning for every hour and a half of teaching. Needless to say, I got behind on the housework and served my family macaroni and cheese more than I’m comfortable [...]
