Monthly Archives: May 2015

One thing I’ve liked in both our Oxford house and our Wilmore one is that when you step outside you often catch a bit of the bells tolling from the colleges down the street.  Asbury’s bell usually plays old hymns … Continue reading →

You can see the reflection of Grandma Birdsong in the background.  She’s been keeping us posted while Sydney and I are away.  After a week without my kids I’m getting a bit antsy, but thankfully today we get to Ithaca, … Continue reading →

Sydney and I are in Boston, after a long day of driving and a great evening and morning with friends in New York.  Sydney, unfortunately, has to be writing a paper this weekend while I attend conference sessions; he’d much … Continue reading →

Sydney and I leave on Wednesday for a whirlwind drive through the US: friends in New York, conference and friends in Boston, anniversary holiday by ourselves (10 years in August!), friends and conference in Ithaca, and then back home to … Continue reading →

Katherine’s teachers encouraged us to use a particular computer program to keep up her language skills over the summer.  As I was checking it out, I came across the following synopsis: “Lexia Reading Core5 provides explicit, systematic, personalized learning in … Continue reading →

Nathaniel’s holding the craft we made in Sunday School this morning for all the kids to give to their mothers.  Nathaniel ordered me to trace his hand (I was the teacher this morning), and to cut it out, and then … Continue reading →

When we lived in Ithaca, the different parts of our life were complementary: when we wanted a reprieve from books, we hiked.  When school wound up in the spring, gardening took off.  When we needed to stay in and read, … Continue reading →

This morning we headed out early for a trip to Daniel Boone National Forest, about an hour-and-a-half from our house.  Poor Sydney: he planned and gave us all lots of advance notice, and we were out the door by 7:15, … Continue reading →