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Review: Mindsight by Daniel Siegel

There’s something exciting and hopeful in the subtitle of Siegel’s book Mindsight:  The New Science of Personal Transformation.  Who doesn’t feel the need to be transformed?  (And yes, as a Christian, I believe true transformation is a gift from God, and will discuss that later.) Rather than the old forms of psychology in which a […]

Blogging Break

I’m tired, fighting that cold.  Although I am almost ready to share a few  reviews (the Wambu books, Mindsight), and several other posts–about homeschooling math, health, frugality, and life in general, each of these posts needs a few more thoughts, a few more tweaks.  And now’s not the time for that. Right now it’s time to […]

Fit Mommy Friday: Enough Energy

encouraging each other to care well for the bodies God has given us My personal goal is to regain strength after a debilitating illness so that I can live a healthy, active life with my family. Your goal may be to lose weight, look better, feel better, or run a marathon. Whatever it is, please […]

Farm Books for the Ordinary Person

For some reason, I gravitate toward books about farming.  While our family does not farm, we do have huge gardens, bees, chickens, fruit trees, and nut trees—just enough to feed our family and to share.  That’s probably why I like to read about people who work hard and make a living of some sort from […]

Review: Folks This Ain’t Normal by Joel Salatin

Modern North American life ‘just ain’t normal’ according to farmer and writer Joel Salatin.  Why not?  It feels normal to most of us. Salatin suggests that we are just too out of tune with the way things have been, could be, and should be.  We don’t even know the way things should be for the […]