Home school and finally a routine
It is the start of our fifth week of homeschooling and we have held class in three houses across two states and in two different countries. Whew! We are very […]
Tag Archives: England
To the Sea
Today is the first day of autumn and you wouldn’t know it by the piles of warm sunshine and blue skies. The whole weekend has been “quite lovely” so we […]
The Great Lego Build–and Other Opportunities
While the girls were having their ballet and bus adventures (see yesterday’s post), Joshua and I had some adventures of our own. Our was not quite as circuitous as theirs, […]
The pace of Sundays
Our first Sunday in England was a lesson in the purpose of Sundays. For years, our family has seldom left for church all together–all four of us at the same […]
Go Time!
It is finally here. Today, Wednesday, September 4 we leave the USA. Some days we thought it would never get here. We leave out of Houston tonight. Tomorrow we have […]
Preparing for the British Invasion
Today we leave Alabama and make a run to visit family in Texas. We depart for England out of Houston next week. When we leave Alabama today, we must have […]
Good Friends, God’s Love, and Great Times
This is our last weekend in Alabama. There are many chores left to do. However, we have chosen not the chores, but the joys. The chores will have to wait […]
Commodities
Time is a finite commodity. We can spend it, save it, use it, or waste it. Most days I do a little bit of all of those. I would imagine […]
Traveling Light
Packing for a year away from home I hope is a lot like packing our camper for a summer vacation road trip. During the summer months we normally spend two […]
The Road Leads to Durham
Some years ago, I came across this statement: “Theological study is worship with the Mind.” That truth has resonated with me even since I laid eyes upon it. We can […]
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