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2020 Read Alouds

1. The Wright Brothers 2. Talk to Me 3. Alice in Wonderland 4. The Fiddler's Gun 5. Fiddler's Green 6. Utopia 7. Ourselves 8. Outlaws of Time: The Legend of Sam Miracle 9. Nutrition and Physical Degeneration 10. The Stars 11. The Social Skills Guidebook 12. Outlaws of Time: The Song of Glory and Ghost 13. Hard Times 14. The Last of the Lost Boys 15. The Lonesome Gods 16. Pride and Prejudice 17. Kim 18. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

2020 Books I’ve Finished

1. The Chosen 2. The Fatal Conceit 3. In Vital Harmony 4. Healing ADD 5. Gorgias 6. Fahrenheit 451 7. Reforming Apologetics 8. Super Human 9. Sophie's World 10. The Confession of St. Patrick 11. To Kill a Mockingbird 12. Jayber Crow 13. The End of Economic Man 14. The Philosophy of Tolkien 15. Simple and Direct

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For ages I’ve been looking for wipeable placemat

For ages I’ve been looking for wipeable placemats that DON’T have cork on the bottom. Closed stores mean one cannot be picky. #dollartree for the win! Bonus points for looking like an Azul tile. 🙌

In April, we lost one of our breeding bucks. It wa

In April, we lost one of our breeding bucks. It was a freakish 90+ degree day and the rabbits weren't adjusted to the heat. When my daughter brought him inside, his back legs were already paralyzed. We tried to save him for hours, but we failed.⠀
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My frustration at the time was that I did not own Glonoinum, which is listed as the top remedy for heat stroke and heat exhaustion. WHY DID I NOT OWN THIS? I berated myself. I practically have my own homeopathic pharmacy, but somehow, even though I live in a desert, this remedy had escaped my notice.⠀
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I ordered Glonoinum, just in case.⠀
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Yesterday felt like déjà vu. Different daughter, but same scenario: "Mom, come quick; we've got a rabbit down." And there he was, my daughter's prize #japaneseharlequin bunny, not yet a year old, limp with glazed eyes and paralyzed back legs.⠀
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She was already icing him down; I ran to my remedy cabinet. I gave him Aconitum Napellus first for the shock. And then I gave him Glonoinum.⠀
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After the first dose, he twitched his feet. After the second, he moved his leg. After the third, his eyes looked better and he sat up on his haunches.⠀
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We battled for hours. We alternated Aconitum with Glonoinum. He lost his appetite. We worried about his rumen and electrolytes, so we soaked alfalfa pellets and force fed him a bit with a dropper.⠀
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And still we continued with Glonoinum. With each dose, he was a little better, but I got distracted by his wobbly legs. I started switching remedies. A partially paralyzed rabbit is a dead rabbit; there's no way around it.⠀
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Finally, my daughter: "Mama? Can I please just give him more Glonoinum? That's what was making him better."⠀
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Sure you can, baby. Whatever you wish. He's yours. You love him. It's you who will be grieving if I can't stop this.⠀
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Suddenly: he was fine. Just like that. We put him back outside (in the shade) to graze. He grazed and did well, even though it was 107 degrees.⠀
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This is why I love homeopathy, why we take classes to be equipped. In the middle of an emergency, there is no time to call a vet. There is only now and our resourcefulness (and so much prayer). Thankfully, yesterday, that was enough.

Today, we learned that the California Department o

Today, we learned that the California Department of Education will, among other restrictions, require students and teachers to wear masks when they return in the fall. There are, of course, the practical concerns. How does a teacher teach with a muffled voice? How do you get 7-year-olds to wear a mask continuously throughout the day?⁠⠀
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But then there are the health concerns. I am sure many of you have already read the studies that warn against excessive mask wearing, including the one that says they can cause oxygenation issues.⁠⠀
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My family decided to do a little homeschool science experiment. We aren't high tech enough to know if wearing a mask causes you to create an infectious environment in your nose and/or mouth a la Dr. Russell Blaylock, but we *can* find out about the oxygen saturation issue. Our hypothesis is that masks *will* negatively affect oxygen saturation, but like all good science experiments, this is set up to prove ourselves wrong. We're testing our hypothesis and we'll report back.⁠⠀
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This is a pulse oximeter. It measures two things: pulse rate and oxygen saturation. You can buy them for less than thirty bucks on Amazon (or at your local drug store). We've devised a procedure for an experiment and YOU are invited to participate! You must (1) have access to a reliable pulse oximeter, (2) be able to PRECISELY follow directions, (3) be honest, and (4) have a couple hours (per participant) to complete the process.⁠⠀
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If you want to join us for this, DM me and I'll send you a link to sign up.⁠⠀
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#homeschoolscience⁠⠀
#homeschoollife⁠⠀
#homeschoolfamily⁠⠀
#amblesideonline⁠⠀
#charlottemasonliving⁠⠀
#freecalifornia⁠⠀
#coronalife

I bought myself a birthday gift. It just arrived (

I bought myself a birthday gift. It just arrived (late for the date, but I try to celebrate a whole month 🙌). It cost a pretty penny; it was worth it.⁠⠀
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I've had people ask me about buying books: "How do you know which ones are good enough to buy?" I really think the key is figuring out who you can trust. As a young mom, for example, I knew that if @cindyordoamoris recommended it, there was a 99% chance I would find it worth reading.⁠⠀
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So where did my birthday book come from? My doctor — an M.D. with a D.Hom. post-doc — has whole shelves of reference books, but THIS IS THE ONE. How did I know? All the others look fairly nice. This one is the one with pages falling out, the one where the binding is held together with packing tape. It's also the one he insists I read from whenever he's giving me something new. And when I read it, I have an AHA! moment every time because it's so clear compared to other books like it.⁠⠀
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When you see a tattered book on the shelf of someone you greatly respect, you don't *need* a formal recommendation (unless you think she is a bad judge while shopping used). The condition of the book *is* the recommendation.⁠⠀
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#homeschoolmom⁠⠀
#charlottemasonmama⁠⠀
#bookbuying⁠⠀
#librarycuration⁠⠀
#booksnob⁠⠀
#scholesisters⁠⠀
#bookrecommendations⁠⠀
#homeopathy

Farmer O. is at it again. #11yearoldsareamazing #

Farmer O. is at it again.
#11yearoldsareamazing
#growpotatoes
#charlottemasonliving
#homeschoollife
#giveaboyagarden

Guess what’s in @commonplacequarterly this time?

Guess what’s in @commonplacequarterly this time? 🥰
If you haven’t subscribed, you really should. It’s gorgeous.
#charlottemason
#charlottemasonliving
#charlottemasoneducation
#motherculture
#motherculturehabit
#scholeeveryday

😂 Yes, this conversation really happened.⁠ La

😂 Yes, this conversation really happened.⁠ Last night, actually. ⠀
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We went out for the first time in ten weeks, maybe twelve. We've lost count. 🤷‍♀️⁠⠀
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I had been secretly praying we could do something a little special for our 19th anniversary. When our favorite restaurant announced it was reopening for dining, we were ecstatic.⁠⠀
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They had to fire half their staff. They warned us it might be slow service. We didn't care. We were happy to be alone together. We were happy to sit in the sun on the patio. We were happy to see people living semi-normal lives again; there was so much smiling.⁠⠀
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Do all marriages see strange times? We started off with 9/11. We still talk about how creepy it was when LAX was shut down and the city was so quiet (we were living in Los Angeles County at the time). We hadn't thought about how much noise all the planes made until they were gone.⁠⠀
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We never knew, all those years ago, that on our 19th anniversary we'd drive around town talking about the deaths, but not the deaths from Covid-19, because hardly anyone here has died (even though our population is 900,000.) No, we talked about business deaths. People shuttered their shops, stores they had poured their life's energy into, businesses they hoped to pass on to their children, for some of them the only livelihoods they have ever known -- all lost in a quick panic.⁠⠀
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Trump says we can build it again. He's a builder, and I appreciate him for that. But to the people who have experienced these great losses, it is cold comfort.⁠⠀
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With all of that said, I'm happy to circle around the sun another time with this guy. There is much to be thankful for -- and even to laugh about -- when times are dark.⁠⠀
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#californialiving⁠⠀
#happyanniversary⁠⠀
#laughteristhebestmedicine⁠⠀
#itsasayingbecauseitistrue⁠⠀
#coronalife

Sunday scholé. 💗 Almost done with all of these

Sunday scholé. 💗 Almost done with all of these. What fabulous reads. 💗

#charlottemason
#charlottemasonmama
#motherculture
#motherculturehabit
#scholesisters
#scholeeveryday

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