Yesterday we finished the last fresh tomatoes of this year’s crop, chopped fine in a pot of garlicky chicken soup. We’re all a bit under the weather, and that chicken soup was wonderful! All the rest of the tomatoes, and there weren’t that many this year, are either frozen or made up into […]
Health
Ten Health Tips
Good health saves money—lots of it—even if you have all major medical expenses covered. Most of us can easily do more to improve our health. Of course, much sickness cannot be prevented; I don’t see how I could have avoided getting celiac disease, for example. Furthermore, it takes time to bounce […]
Homeschool Crew Review: Nutrition 101: Choose Life!
So often I hear about how North Americans harm themselves by their food choices. Although our family has always eaten quite nutritiously, there are many ways in which I could improve our family’s nutrition. Some of them I’m not prepared to get involved with. Yet. Some I even scoff at. For now. I think all thoughtful food […]
Much Study … Makes You Tired
"Of making many books there is no end, and much study wearies the body." Ecclesiastes 12:12b I’d never really thought about that before tonight. I always thought much study wearies the mind, not the body. Today I finished a wonderful but time-consuming writing project–the math section of a unit study to be […]