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A poem of true things

Posted on March 11, 2011 by Kay Pelham

What are heavy? sea-sand and sorrow: What are brief? to-day and to-morrow: What are frail? Spring blossoms and youth: What are deep? the ocean and truth. ~untitled poem by Christina Rossetti

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Things I learned this week from 2nd grade

Posted on February 26, 2011 by Kay Pelham

Here’s a brief list of things I learned, or at least was reminded of, as I prepared and then taught our lessons this week. Arithmetic is spelled with an E in the 3rd syllable and not an A. Even the … Continue reading →

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What I learned five years ago

Posted on February 3, 2011 by Kay Pelham

Today our daughter Virginia Grace Pelham would have been 5 years old. Grace had a chromosomal disorder named Edwards Syndrome or Trisomy-18 (being chromosome 18 that has the extra.) This was not something we were expecting on that day. Although, … Continue reading →

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Table etiquette and courtesy

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Kay Pelham

This is an excerpt from an interview with the writer of Downton Abbey found here Are there any little details of etiquette from this period that you wish would be revived? [Laughs] Well, I think that thing of being polite, … Continue reading →

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The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus

Posted on January 24, 2011 by Kay Pelham

To get this thing started I thought I’d direct you to my former blog wherein I made a few entries between the end of 2006 and a few days ago.   http://pelhamhouse.blogspot.com/ You can pop on over there to see my … Continue reading →

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