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Sale on Classical Astronomy Curriculum and Book

Do you want to understand the night sky the way it was understood hundreds or even thousands of years ago?  Do you want to know how to tell time and direction, seasons and solstices just by looking up?  Resources about such fascinating aspects of classical astronomy can be difficult to find. Here’s good news, though.  […]

Adjusting Glasses at Home

Several months ago I bought mail order glasses, but they never fit quite right. You see, I didn’t dare bend or adjust them, nor could I ask my optometrist’s staff to do it after not buying from them. Then, last night while playing in the pool with the kids, I got an accidental whack on […]

Summer Survival Guide on Sale this Weekend

School is officially over at our house!  Yes, it is!  This major event happened yesterday before supper.  Miss 10 generously took over Mr. 18’s cooking turn and cooked her first solo supper while Mr. 18 and I discussed the poetry of Walt Whitman and T. S. Eliot. So, here we are.  On holidays.  Now that […]

Cartier Sails the St. Lawrence by Esther Holder Averill

We’re studying Canadian history next year and I’m slowly gathering a booklist.  Many of the best books are old, out of print, and difficult to get even by interlibrary loan. So I’m very grateful to Mama Squirrel of Dewey’s Treehouse for discovering an ebook version of Cartier Sails the St. Lawrence by Esther Holden Averill.  […]

Free Today: Leaving Lancaster by Kate Lloyd

Leaving Lancaster by Kate Lloyd is free today  across all ebook platforms according to the author’s website.  I’ve already put it onto my computer and hope to read it soon.  You see, tomorrow I’m posting a review of the sequel, Pennsylvania Patchwork, in which I met a handful of memorable characters I’d really like to […]