“We may be seeing the first woman president. As a Democrat, I am reeling,” said Camille Paglia, the cultural critic. “That was the best political speech I have ever seen delivered by an American woman politician. Palin is as tough as nails.”
-Camille Paglia
OK – not in a creepy way, just in a “read all I can about her way.” Because I really, really want to like her. Maureen Dowd – usually one of my favorite columnists – really hacked me off this morning too. Because while I appreciate her humor in the face of truth, I also [...]
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OK. I’ve had to amend a post I made yesterday. I was, initially excited about Governor Palin’s selection as the VP candidate from the GOP. You see, I am conservative in many ways. I am pro-life. I am for smaller government (just like Thomas Jefferson). I am fine with hunters owning rifles (I shot tin [...]
I will admit that I always feel a little guilty on the “First Day of School” in our town. We live in a very small town and all of the kids go to the local school, so all of my kids friends go there as well. The only homeschoolers we know live in other towns. [...]
Did you know that 40 percent of the electricity your TV, computer monitors, XBox and all those devices use is used while they are “off?” I didn’t! I though I was being green when I shut them down. Turns out, they are just standing by…hardly very green.
I’ve tried to reduce our use of paper by [...]
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This was published last Friday, but I didn’t see it until this morning. This is good news for California Homeschoolers who were fighting a battle over whether or not homeschooling parents had to be certified teachers.
The appellate court concluded that “…California impliedly allows parents to home school as a private
school, but has provided no enforcement [...]
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I had a wonderful picture that Liam took of our abundance of blueberries, but Daisy the dog literally chewed through the camera’s adapter cable, so you’ll just have to imagine…
I picked about five pounds of blueberries Sunday (between rain storms) and have several pounds already frozen. I did give away a few pounds to my [...]
I should look it up, but it seems that there has not been a dry day yet this summer here in Central Vermont! I have only taken the kids swimming twice at a friend’s pool – and we usually go to a nearby lake DAILY, and we haven’t been once. The temp has been 80 [...]
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I was surfing around the blogosphere this morning – trying to wake up – and came across this site: HonestMeat.com.
What a great site. And as I read this post about cruelty to horses – I was compelled to share.
