I read 90 books in 2014 according to my GoodReads list. It was a good reading year in which I switched to mostly non-fiction. I needed the change and have grown a lot from it. Actually, some of the books I read were not on GoodReads and I just realized that I forgot to put […]
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Review: Cartier Finder of the St. Lawrence by Ronald Syme
Young Jacques Cartier, fishing the Grand Banks of Newfoundland with his father, was curious about the land he saw westward, but no one else was interested. They just wanted to catch cod and go home. When Cartier grew up and became captain on his own ship, he no longer wanted to fish in the cold […]
Christmas Gift Ideas
There are gifts, and then there are gifts that last. The books and other ideas listed below will be sure to make memories for your family. We’ve enjoyed each one of them and are thrilled to share them. Obviously, some of the best gifts are those that involve companionship and imagination: a huge box, an […]
Weekly Wrap Up: Another Week of Partial School
In our life this week… This was another week full of extra-curricular work. We froze mountains of tomatoes and a mountain of chard, and we made another two batches of applesauce. And we did all of the fall cleaning except washing the windows and going through the homeschooling books (which was a left over […]
Five Week Wrap Up: Life, School, and Books
The past weeks have been moving in many ways. First there was my 50th birthday when my five siblings from all over Canada flew in to celebrate. There is no way to describe how loved that made me feel. We had a wonderful time together and, though everyone’s life is back to normal, the weekend strengthened […]