Trains of thought
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From Home Education by Charlotte Mason (from the chapter “Habit is Ten Natures”) …it is as if every familiar train of thought made a rut in the nervous substance of…
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Life goals
As you can see in my VoluntarySimplicity post, I have recently been thinking a lot about what is important to me and what is just a waste of my time.…
Voluntary simplicity
Contrary to some reports, simplicity is not about deprivation. Those practicing simplicity in North America typically are quite comfortable by global standards. They only thing they’ve given up is the…
A vision for our homes
I want my home to be a laboratory of life, a place where my children and husband may flourish and feel loved, encouraged, spiritually refreshed, and emotionally prepared to face…
Girl Power!?
I am not making this up. Just in time for my entries on Female Chauvinist Pigs – look what I found in the $1 section at Target. I had to…
Why do we have to fit into a stereotype to be sexy?
I must say that since my last post on Female Chauvinist Pigs, my search engine hits have been some odd ones. You would not believe how many people search for…
Do animals have souls? How about women?
Nice, huh? I’m reading Diet for a New America (love it!) and the discussion of the way that we treat animals in our culture has been really interesting. I found…
Why do we put up with it?
Oprah recently aired a show entitled “Stupid Girls” which tackled the role of women in our society. Ariel Levy appeared on that show after Pink talked about her song “Stupid…
Those wonderful twos.
My dd has recently hit the “disequilibrium” that we’ve all heard so much about. She is almost two-and-a-half, and she has been teaching me so much in the past few…
Protecting the Gift – Chapter 1
I think this is a good book to start after reading about the MySpace story, although I must admit that I’m a bit freaked out after reading it. I’ll explain…
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