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The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin is a book about life and death, and the choices in between.  The story begins with four children who have already lost the only father that they ever knew, and then intrigued by death, seek

Do you ever feel like you have nothing to say?  For the last few weeks I have felt like I have nothing to say through my blog.  It is not as if I haven’t continued learning new things, because I

Today is the day.  The day that my baby boy turns 10.  Part of me mourns the sweet little baby he was, and part of me is proud of the boy he is becoming, and part of me is scared

As the fourth of July is upon us tomorrow, I pose a question to you.  What is freedom? Is freedom the ability to choose? And if so, is it the ability to choose what you are going  to buy, eat

As the fourth of July holiday gets closer many of us reflect upon the founding of our nation, and what our forefathers must have gone through in order to separate from England, and create our own nation.  False. Most people

There are many ways in which to make this time old tradition of s’mores.  Often when thinking of s’mores the most often thought of recipe is a piece of chocolate bar, and roasted marshmallow sandwiched in between two pieces of

Homeschool testing is something that I fight with every fiber of by being, however, it is required in the state of Washington once a child is eight years old.  We have used the untest, the non-test assessment, and other “tests”

One of these things is not like the other. . . . We already had six chicks when we decided to add a duckling to the mix.             Yes ducks, and chickens can be raised