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https://karenedmisten.blogspot.com/2007/05/ending-beginning-and-in-between.html?showComment=1180537200000 Karen Edmisten: Ending, Beginning and In Between Our "school year" is over. Although we tend to be unschoolish in some ways, we still have beginnings and endings, though not entirely (as n... karen edmistenendingbeginning https://karenedmisten.blogspot.com/2019/04/poetry-friday-im-hosting.html Karen Edmisten: Poetry Friday: I'm hosting! Happy National Poetry Month! Why we write, why we read, and why poetry exists ... All neatly answered in one short, perfect pi... karen edmistenpoetry fridayhosting https://karenedmisten.blogspot.com/2007/10/40-reasons-to-have-kids.html Karen Edmisten: 40 Reasons to Have Kids (9/13) Updated again to note: People often land on this post after Googling "Reasons to Have Kids." If you're looking for serious discussio... karen edmistento havereasonskids https://karenedmisten.blogspot.com/2011/08/poetry-friday-im-hosting.html?showComment=1313174076463 Karen Edmisten: Poetry Friday: I'm Hosting! I cannot seem to host Poetry Friday without falling back on Richard Wilbur. But since he's never stale and always sublime, I don't have a p... karen edmistenpoetry fridayhosting https://karenedmisten.blogspot.com/2011/08/poetry-friday-im-hosting.html?showComment=1313157389004 Karen Edmisten: Poetry Friday: I'm Hosting! I cannot seem to host Poetry Friday without falling back on Richard Wilbur. But since he's never stale and always sublime, I don't have a p... karen edmistenpoetry fridayhosting https://karenedmisten.blogspot.com/2021/02/poetry-friday-im-hosting.html?showComment=1614378735498 Karen Edmisten: Poetry Friday: I'm hosting! No matter what is happening in your life today, I prescribe a little Billy Collins. He makes everything better, including being as old as Ch... karen edmistenpoetry fridayhosting https://karenedmisten.blogspot.com/2014/04/bits-and-pieces-of-our-days_30.html Karen Edmisten: Bits and Pieces of Our Days Has it really been four days since I blogged? Friday was a lovely day, a lovely birthday. Anne-with-an-e bought me beautiful flowers, Bets... bits and pieceskaren edmistendays https://karenedmisten.blogspot.com/2007/07/bloggers-lament.html Karen Edmisten: Blogger's Lament You know how it is when your life is really busy and you don't have time to blog yet you feel compelled to blog, but you feel guilty if you ... karen edmistenbloggerlament https://karenedmisten.blogspot.com/2007/06/label-me-schizophrenic.html?showComment=1182631680000 Karen Edmisten: Label Me Schizophrenic (This article originally appeared in the March/April, 2006 issue of Home Education Magazine .) Classical. Charlotte Mason. Unschooler. ... karen edmistenlabelschizophrenic https://karenedmisten.blogspot.com/2007/05/ending-beginning-and-in-between.html?showComment=1180533360000 Karen Edmisten: Ending, Beginning and In Between Our "school year" is over. Although we tend to be unschoolish in some ways, we still have beginnings and endings, though not entirely (as n... karen edmistenendingbeginning https://karenedmisten.blogspot.com/2009/01/poetry-friday-im-hosting.html?showComment=1232116320000 Karen Edmisten: Poetry Friday: I'm Hosting! I usually post Richard Wilbur's The Writer about every four months . I see that I have allowed a scandalous eight months to pass without sh... karen edmistenpoetry fridayhosting https://karenedmisten.blogspot.com/2008/02/day-in-homeschooling-life.html?showComment=1203340260000 Karen Edmisten: A Day in the Homeschooling Life I've seen several of those "Day in the Life" posts recently, and thought about doing one of my own. I love "Day in the Life" posts, becaus... a day inkaren edmistenhomeschoolinglife https://karenedmisten.blogspot.com/2007/10/st-teresa-of-avila.html Karen Edmisten: St. Teresa of Avila Today is her feast day, so I must share a few of my favorite quotes: Let nothing trouble you Let nothing frighten you Everything passes God ... karen edmistenteresaavila https://karenedmisten.blogspot.com/2016/09/poetry-friday-after-apple-picking.html?showComment=1474690322469 Karen Edmisten: Poetry Friday: After Apple-Picking (Photo courtesy of Free Images ) I didn't get a post done before we left this morning for our field trip at an apple orchard, but "After... karen edmistenpoetry fridayapplepicking https://karenedmisten.blogspot.com/2008/01/now-we-can-call-it-kings-bread.html Karen Edmisten: Now we can call it King's Bread Remember that St. Lucia bread? Of course you do. Because you copied down that recipe , and you made that delectable treat sometime in Decem... karen edmistenwe cancall itkingbread https://karenedmisten.blogspot.com/2021/02/poetry-friday-im-hosting.html?showComment=1614380638573 Karen Edmisten: Poetry Friday: I'm hosting! No matter what is happening in your life today, I prescribe a little Billy Collins. He makes everything better, including being as old as Ch... karen edmistenpoetry fridayhosting https://karenedmisten.blogspot.com/2008/11/no-panic-advent-part-iv-files.html Karen Edmisten: A No-Panic Advent, Part IV: Files This one is simple. Keep an Advent file. Bookmark good stuff on the computer, and keep a paper file. Toss good ideas into your files as you ... karen edmistenno panicpart ivadventfiles https://karenedmisten.blogspot.com/2009/11/no-panic-advent-series-in-right-order.html?showComment=1258666644070 Karen Edmisten: The No-Panic Advent Series, in the right order this time Updated in Nov., 2011: Please see this link for the tidied-up version of this post. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is the complete "No Panic... karen edmistenno panicadvent series https://karenedmisten.blogspot.com/2025/06/poetry-friday-summer-you-read-proust-by.html?showComment=1750396422664 Karen Edmisten: Poetry Friday: "The Summer You Read Proust" by Philip Terman Should this be the summer I finally read Proust? I must confess that this theater major-turned-English major (oh, and I threw a philosophy ... karen edmistenpoetry fridaythe summer https://karenedmisten.blogspot.com/2006/10/i-dont-go-to-kansas-very-often.html Karen Edmisten: I don't go to Kansas very often but once in awhile, I find an excellent reason for a road trip. Lissa and her adorable children were the recent excellent reason. I've been... karen edmistengo tokansasoften https://karenedmisten.blogspot.com/2007/05/ending-beginning-and-in-between.html?showComment=1180569120000 Karen Edmisten: Ending, Beginning and In Between Our "school year" is over. Although we tend to be unschoolish in some ways, we still have beginnings and endings, though not entirely (as n... karen edmistenendingbeginning https://karenedmisten.blogspot.com/2006/12/betsys-nativity-story-poster.html Karen Edmisten: Betsy's Nativity Story poster I took Anne and Betsy to see "The Nativity Story" yesterday. They loved it. Last night, before bedtime, Betsy tried 19 times to draw a don... karen edmistennativity storybetsyposter https://karenedmisten.blogspot.com/2007/06/label-me-schizophrenic.html?showComment=1210345260000 Karen Edmisten: Label Me Schizophrenic (This article originally appeared in the March/April, 2006 issue of Home Education Magazine .) Classical. Charlotte Mason. Unschooler. ... karen edmistenlabelschizophrenic https://karenedmisten.blogspot.com/2012/09/poetry-friday-good-nights.html Karen Edmisten: Poetry Friday: The Good Nights Atticus sent this one to me yesterday. Not only is the poem about wine (the poet and his wife are, after all, the authors of A Guide to... karen edmistenpoetry fridaythe goodnights https://karenedmisten.blogspot.com/2021/07/poetry-friday-my-daughter-got-married.html?showComment=1625937147846 Karen Edmisten: Poetry Friday: My daughter got married! The bride at age ten. This global pandemic brought lots of "firsts" into our lives. Anyone on board for planning a wedding? From the masked... karen edmistenpoetry fridaymy daughtergotmarried https://karenedmisten.blogspot.com/2007/06/label-me-schizophrenic.html?showComment=1201475400000 Karen Edmisten: Label Me Schizophrenic (This article originally appeared in the March/April, 2006 issue of Home Education Magazine .) Classical. Charlotte Mason. Unschooler. ... karen edmistenlabelschizophrenic https://karenedmisten.blogspot.com/2021/06/poetry-friday-in-summer-time.html?showComment=1624710680749 Karen Edmisten: Poetry Friday: "In Summer Time" I haven't had much time this summer to "simply be" but this poem captures the feeling of summer so vividly that I've made it a goal to lean ... karen edmistenpoetry fridayin summertime https://karenedmisten.blogspot.com/2009/01/poetry-friday-im-hosting.html?showComment=1232112060000 Karen Edmisten: Poetry Friday: I'm Hosting! I usually post Richard Wilbur's The Writer about every four months . I see that I have allowed a scandalous eight months to pass without sh... karen edmistenpoetry fridayhosting https://karenedmisten.blogspot.com/2008/02/day-in-homeschooling-life.html Karen Edmisten: A Day in the Homeschooling Life I've seen several of those "Day in the Life" posts recently, and thought about doing one of my own. I love "Day in the Life" posts, becaus... a day inkaren edmistenhomeschoolinglife https://karenedmisten.blogspot.com/2021/07/poetry-friday-books-by-billy-collins.html?showComment=1627131953869 Karen Edmisten: Poetry Friday: "Books" by Billy Collins I'm in the middle of a buddy read. Well, to be more precise, I'm a third of the way into a buddy read. My daughters and I are reading this t... karen edmistenpoetry fridaybooks bybillycollins https://karenedmisten.blogspot.com/2021/06/poetry-friday-summer-song-by-william.html?showComment=1624516138335 Karen Edmisten: Poetry Friday: Summer Song by William Carlos Williams June is slipping away amidst some major busy-ness and plenty of heat. Somehow the last two weeks of Poetry Friday slipped away from me too. ... karen edmistenpoetry fridaysummer songby williamcarlos https://karenedmisten.blogspot.com/2006/01/ramona-moments.html Karen Edmisten: Ramona Moments Upon receiving a yellow straw with her milk, instead of the requested red: "Weeell, yellow's okay, too. Yellow is on my color list." ~~~~~~~... karen edmistenramonamoments https://karenedmisten.blogspot.com/2006/12/santa-always-brings-us.html?showComment=1168094040000 Karen Edmisten: Santa always brings us Gingerbread House kits! karen edmistensantaalwaysbringsus https://karenedmisten.blogspot.com/2011/01/when-i-was-pro-choice-atheist-part-2.html Karen Edmisten: When I Was a Pro-Choice Atheist ... Part 2 Because I know that some of my friends' kids sometimes read my blog, I'll start with the same caveat I used in the last post: If you're yo... karen edmistenpro choice https://karenedmisten.blogspot.com/2025/03/poetry-friday-notes-on-art-of-poetry-by.html?showComment=1743248503575 Karen Edmisten: Poetry Friday: "Notes on the Art of Poetry" by Dylan Thomas My mom passed away a year ago today. Oh, how she loved to read! One of the greatest gifts she gave her children was a love of books. I don't... the art ofkaren edmistenpoetry fridaynotes on https://karenedmisten.blogspot.com/2014/10/poetry-friday.html?showComment=1413668254532 Karen Edmisten: Poetry Friday: Louis Jenkins I recently ran into one of Atticus's old students, married now, with children. Atticus knew her when she was a gangly eighth grader, whe... karen edmistenpoetry fridaylouisjenkins https://karenedmisten.blogspot.com/2008/12/poetry-friday-bonus-bruce-and-santa.html Karen Edmisten: Poetry Friday bonus: Bruce and Santa You'd better watch out You'd better not cry You'd better not pout I'm tellin' you why: Santa Claus is comin' to town .... And Ramona and I a... karen edmistenpoetry fridaybonusbrucesanta https://karenedmisten.blogspot.com/2021/07/poetry-friday-my-daughter-got-married.html?showComment=1625858530292 Karen Edmisten: Poetry Friday: My daughter got married! The bride at age ten. This global pandemic brought lots of "firsts" into our lives. Anyone on board for planning a wedding? From the masked... karen edmistenpoetry fridaymy daughtergotmarried https://karenedmisten.blogspot.com/2007/10/to-live-on-rock.html?showComment=1192819620000 Karen Edmisten: To Live on a Rock When I was younger (okay, not younger ... young ) I wrote a short story about a woman who was restless. It wasn't a particularly good story... karen edmistento liverock https://karenedmisten.blogspot.com/2025/03/poetry-friday-kindness-by-naomi-shihab.html?showComment=1741353938342 Karen Edmisten: Poetry Friday: "Kindness" by Naomi Shihab Nye Empathy is not a weakness . Empathy is never weakness. Empathy for other human beings is the heart, mind, and soul of genuine strength and ... karen edmistenpoetry fridayby naomikindnessshihab https://karenedmisten.blogspot.com/2007/10/to-live-on-rock.html Karen Edmisten: To Live on a Rock When I was younger (okay, not younger ... young ) I wrote a short story about a woman who was restless. It wasn't a particularly good story... karen edmistento liverock https://karenedmisten.blogspot.com/2021/02/poetry-friday-im-hosting.html?showComment=1614342690118 Karen Edmisten: Poetry Friday: I'm hosting! No matter what is happening in your life today, I prescribe a little Billy Collins. He makes everything better, including being as old as Ch... karen edmistenpoetry fridayhosting https://karenedmisten.blogspot.com/2015/11/lesley-austins-swoony-papery-goodness.html?showComment=1447977446130 Karen Edmisten: Lesley Austin's Swoony Papery Goodness Do you know Lesley Austin ? If you don't, you should. She's one of my favorite people on the internet. I was first introduced to Lesley by L... karen edmistenlesleyaustinswoonypapery https://karenedmisten.blogspot.com/2015/11/poetry-friday-cheerfulness-taught-by.html?showComment=1448304247866 Karen Edmisten: Poetry Friday: Cheerfulness Taught by Reason On what could be a dreary, snowy day on which I am captive at home while I wait for a plumber, I am, in the spirit of Hygge , choosing ... karen edmistenpoetry fridaycheerfulnesstaughtreason https://karenedmisten.blogspot.com/2008/01/poetry-friday-my-daughter-writer.html?showComment=1200147060000 Karen Edmisten: Poetry Friday : (My daughter) The Writer Because everyone with a writing daughter should read Richard Wilbur's The Writer. (And apparently, I think it should be read every four m... karen edmistenpoetry fridaymy daughterwriter https://karenedmisten.blogspot.com/2006/11/thankful-thursday.html Karen Edmisten: Thankful Thursday This week's Thankful Thursday post is a group effort. I'm going to share a list from our Thanksgiving Tree, along with a little background.... karen edmistenthankfulthursday https://karenedmisten.blogspot.com/2010/04/thirteen-ways-of-looking-at.html Karen Edmisten: Thirteen Ways of Looking at an Interruption Thirteen Ways of Looking at an Interruption by Karen Edmisten, with apologies to Wallace Stevens (Original lines from his poem, Th... ways of lookingkaren edmistenthirteeninterruption https://karenedmisten.blogspot.com/2010/08/memorial-of-st-monica.html Karen Edmisten: Memorial of St. Monica "The child of those tears shall never perish." ~~ a bishop, to St. Monica "Son, as far as I am concerned, nothing in this life now gives... karen edmistenmemorialmonica https://karenedmisten.blogspot.com/2014/07/ramonas-been-frogging-it-up-again.html Karen Edmisten: Ramona's Been Frogging It Up Again This is the photo she put together (following the crafts she put together) for a contest at My Froggy Stuff . I'm hungry now for s'more... karen edmistenit upramonafrogging https://karenedmisten.blogspot.com/2007/12/thats-my-chocolate-girl.html Karen Edmisten: That's my chocolate girl Atticus made fudge for us last night. This morning, Ramona said, "Mommy! I have a new idea for fudge. We should try putting chocolate fros... karen edmistenchocolategirl https://karenedmisten.blogspot.com/2012/10/guest-post-sarah-reinhards-new-book.html?showComment=1351003063981 Karen Edmisten: Guest Post: Sarah Reinhard's New Book, A Catholic Mother's Companion to Pregnancy... To celebrate the launch of her new book, A Catholic Mother's Companion to Pregnancy: Walking with Mary from Conception to Baptism , Sa... https://karenedmisten.blogspot.com/2009/03/joining-micheles-discussion-what-is_26.html?showComment=1238158500000 Karen Edmisten: Joining Michele's Discussion: What is Education? (Part 4: Changing Ideas) Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 ~~~~~~~~~~ How have your ideas about education evolved and changed over time (if they have). Hmmm. My ideas ... https://karenedmisten.blogspot.com/2010/08/poetry-friday-about-two-things-i-love.html?showComment=1283027056979 Karen Edmisten: Poetry Friday: About Two Things I Love: Billy Collins and My Dog Now that I have a dog I love so much, and now that it's Poetry Friday, and now that I've found this poem by Billy Collins (whom I also lov... https://karenedmisten.blogspot.com/2014/10/a-favorite-old-picture-from-in-way.html Karen Edmisten: A Favorite Old Picture from (in a way) the Early Homeschooling Days This was our backyard (I miss that yard!) two dwellings ago. Anne-with-an-e (in the Cinderella gown) was about four and a half, and Bets...