[IMPORTANT UPDATE: For step-by-step instructions with photos on how to fix overnight crockpot oatmeal using the double-boiler/bain-marie method, please click to the how-to post I created exclusively about that (if you read this post, and you're welcome to, you will first read a long story--a pleasant one that you might enjoy--before arriving at the crockpot … [Read more...]
Family LoveFest
In grade school, Valentine's Day was pretty neat: mailboxes made out of milk cartons and cereal boxes decorated with tissue paper and heart-shaped doilies, overflowing with ready-made and homemade Valentines; boxes of candy hearts; school parties with cupcakes and juice. Everybody shared in the fun. No one was left out. We had to make a Valentine for everybody in … [Read more...]
Creative Ways to Refresh Your Mind
Students, writers, entrepreneurs, home educators—anyone whose work requires sustained mental attention—will benefit from a mind that's undistracted, rested, fresh and alert. Whether you're called on to be creative, think on your feet, or to take good notes and recall them later for work or for a test, you'll perform better if you refresh your mind. But how? This post … [Read more...]
The Joy of Lifelong Learning…For Free!
My friend S. (she's a little shy, so I'll just use her first initial) and I talk a lot about our love of learning. We dream of taking classes, working toward a master's degree or something (see Autodidact Ann, where someone struggles with these desires). "How would I ever choose just one thing?" S. has moaned several times. "I'm interested in so many things!" Me, … [Read more...]
MP3 Accompanist
I've got other ideas that work for me. A whole bunch. Really. Contrary to what my only two Works-For-Me-Wednesday posts may suggest, my life is not all about my MP3 recorder.However, I found yet another application for my much loved recording device.We went to my brother's house this weekend so that my girls could practice their Solo & Ensemble pieces with him. One … [Read more...]
Be Still and Know
A short serenade for your Sabbath.(turn up the sound, and be patient as it loads)Be Still and Know … [Read more...]
Make Room for the Universe
My friend John described a wilderness hiking trip he took with his son. "No pop-up campers out there, eh?" I asked. "Only what we could carry on our backs. We even slept under the stars." "No tent?" "Nope." I must have shuddered or made a face, because John grinned and tried to convince me of the beauty of backwoods camping. "It's … [Read more...]
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