• Books and Reading - Uncategorized

    The Reading Report, Vol. 31: Autumn Progress Update

    October 8, 2025 - By 

    This month’s reading report is a little later than I had planned, but to be completely honest, life has been overwhelming me lately. I sat down last week to write this post, but the words just wouldn’t come at all. And let’s not mention the fact that I completely skipped publishing a reading update last month. (Oops!) Anyway, even though circumstances have not been ideal for reading a lot lately, I have finally finished a few books, and I am only a little bit “behind” where I should be in my reading goals at this point in the year. Let’s…

  • Homemaking - Knitting and Crochet - Sewing and Crafting - Uncategorized

    On the Needles: FOs and a Cast-On Party

    September 23, 2025 - By 

    Welcome to this month’s On the Needles crafty update! This month has a little bit of everything…Finished Objects, new yarn acquisitions, and some new projects! So let’s get right into it, starting with the FOs. My first finished object is the Daisy Dress, which was one of my “Make 9” goals for this year, and I was so happy to finish it back in August when the weather was still warm enough to justify wearing it. (Today, in contrast, is rainy and 54 degrees F!) Since this was my second iteration of this pattern, I knew I needed to make…

  • Life in General - Uncategorized

    Shifting Light and Changing Seasons

    September 15, 2025 - By 

    There is a subtle quality to the light this week and a certain scent in the air that tell me the seasons are changing. Even though the afternoons are still sunny and warm, the mornings are chilly and growing darker. I don’t want to miss the little shifts of the shadows day by day or the late blooming flowers, so I try to take a few extra minutes to notice what is happening around me as summer ends and autumn begins. Last week we harvested the last of the apples off the old, overgrown and diseased trees in our backyard.…

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    Reading Report, Vol. 30: End of Summer Round-up

    August 28, 2025 - By 

    August in nearly over, and I find myself reluctant even now to post a reading update because, honestly, it just hasn’t felt like I have made a lot of progress. As I mentioned in July, summer is actually a hard time for me to get a lot of reading in because I am busy working on other projects. I have, however, made a concentrated effort to use audio books as much as possible to get some titles finished. I also am in trying very hard to keep up with my son’s school books, but only pre-reading one week in advance.…

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    Our AmblesideOnline Year 9 Plans

    August 2, 2025 - By 

    Well, somehow the past week got away from me before I had a chance to make a blog post. Life this summer has been busier than I ever could have imagined, and now it is almost over! (And, spoiler alert, things are only going to get crazier from here on out!) Next week we will start a new school year, so lots of new adventures are about to begin. I thought I would sit down here at the outset of the year and share a little about what we are planning for my son’s Year 9 academics. So let’s dive…