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- A Child’s Relations with his World July 28, 2024
- Carrying Aunt Karen Out July 8, 2024
- Love Day and Ash Wednesday February 14, 2024
- What you and your children are missing out on by not reading pagan myths February 10, 2024
- To Be Enchanted By Story November 11, 2023
- Kay’s Story, Rhyme, & Song Interview. 15 October 2023 October 16, 2023
- Art for Art’s Sake August 6, 2023
- Recent Stuff (Fall classes, Fellowship Retreat and maybe more) August 2, 2023
- Recent changes to my blog (subtitle: please click on Welcome) May 25, 2023
- Plans for fall 2023 classes May 25, 2023
- Because Look May 7, 2023
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Author Archives: Kay Pelham
Connecting with “weeds”
I wanted to be a part of the Nature Connections May edition, so I dug up these videos James made when we were doing a study of dandelions earlier in the month. He was to make pictures at different times … Continue reading
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Vacation
We have finished our school year and have been away from home. Just wanted anyone who pops in here to know I haven’t given up the ship. I’m thinking of a wrap-up post of our school year. And I’ve still … Continue reading
What do we keep on fighting for?
James and I listened to the music of Frederic Chopin this term. We also spent these 12 weeks reading Opal Wheeler’s Frederic Chopin, Son of Poland. Through this book and reading a few other articles, we learned that Chopin loved … Continue reading
Nonsensical worship and devotion
Now it happened, after that Amaziah had come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself before them, and burned … Continue reading
The company he keeps
Copying this from the comments in the previous post. Just an example of the sweet surprises I get from time to time. Last night we went to see the “African Cats” movie. It followed a year in the life of … Continue reading
He rises up to call me blessed?
James and I are reading John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress over a period of two years as suggested by the lovely advisers at Ambleside Online. In our reading this week, Christian (the pilgrim who is progressing) has met another progressing pilgrim … Continue reading
30 Random Facts about me
I got tagged in a note on Facebook and decided to play along. I thought I’d go ahead and share this here because…why not? 1. I have been a piano teacher in 7 states 2. I played piano at a … Continue reading
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Unforgettable…
We were in the garage, stuffed with boxes in one corner, and James tossed something to me like a frisbee. I saw a Chinet plate laying upside down on the floor. “What is that?” I asked. “Oh, something you painted … Continue reading
Chickadee and Woodpecker
One picture didn’t upload on the last post. Here she is and a close-up, as well as a close-up of the Woodpecker that you might not have noticed in the last post.
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