This is fantastic. I stole this directly from The Suburban Agrarian, but I don't think he'd mind...do you? It is a seemingly spontaneous, although, obviously well rehearsed, musical breaking out in a food court in a mall.
What if this happened everywhere--wouldn't it be great? Check out this video.
Monday, March 31, 2008
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Guess What I get to Buy!
I've been thinking lately that I could get a whole lot more out of my yard if I started viewing it as arable land; which, it is. I'm not a great gardener, but perennials I can just stick in the ground and they can take care of themselves. My kids love berries of all kinds and the few strawberry plants that we planted a couple of years ago just got eaten right away. It was very disappointing. However, I know people around here who've been very successful with blackberries and raspberries. My friend, M. is giving me a raspberry plant.
I was very concerned if I would be able to buy blackberry plants. How was I going to get used ones, unless someone I know was digging some up? Then, I realized that I can most certainly buy some plants because--they are a food! Not the plants, but the berries. That counts on the compact!
This will be one of the few legitimate new purchases that I can make, and I can't wait to look online at some garden catalogs with thornless blackberry plants. I can train them through my fence and arch them down to have the tips touch the ground where they will also root increasing my bounteous berry booty. Ha!
Happy berrying soon!
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Shakespeare
You know what's fun? Listening to three little girls at sewing circle talk excitedly about Shakespeare--Daughter has a Jim Weiss CD that features excerpts from Midsummer Night's Dream and The Taming of the Shrew. She loves it. Daughter's friend had a book about Much Ado About Nothing. Isn't homeschooling great?
I was not homeschooled (very few were way back then). I remember having giggly, fun conversations with my friends when I was 7 years old, but I don't remember even knowing who Shakespeare was at that point.
I was more of a H.R. Pufnstuf kinda girl.
While it was a fun show, it's not exactly Shakespeare. Jack Wild plays Jimmy and in Oliver he was the Artful Dodger--so, he's British, but that's as close as it gets. Right ya ah, Govenah!
I'm glad that we have the freedom to homeschool here in this country. In some places in the world it is illegal. Really, whatever works for each family should be what they have a right to do. We are all of us responsible for our own children--that includes educating them. Some choose to do that themselves and others turn it over to teachers in public or private schools. Nonetheless, parents are still ultimately responsible for their own children. I think schooling can take a bit of that understanding away without anyone really realizing it's happening. They are your kids. They are your responsibility.
There are all sorts of reasons why we homeschool. One of them is my 7 year old daughter's excitement about Shakespeare. That, and my kids can wear life jackets and wrestle each other to the ground. It's not all heady intellectualism around here, you know.
I was not homeschooled (very few were way back then). I remember having giggly, fun conversations with my friends when I was 7 years old, but I don't remember even knowing who Shakespeare was at that point.
I was more of a H.R. Pufnstuf kinda girl.
While it was a fun show, it's not exactly Shakespeare. Jack Wild plays Jimmy and in Oliver he was the Artful Dodger--so, he's British, but that's as close as it gets. Right ya ah, Govenah!
I'm glad that we have the freedom to homeschool here in this country. In some places in the world it is illegal. Really, whatever works for each family should be what they have a right to do. We are all of us responsible for our own children--that includes educating them. Some choose to do that themselves and others turn it over to teachers in public or private schools. Nonetheless, parents are still ultimately responsible for their own children. I think schooling can take a bit of that understanding away without anyone really realizing it's happening. They are your kids. They are your responsibility.
There are all sorts of reasons why we homeschool. One of them is my 7 year old daughter's excitement about Shakespeare. That, and my kids can wear life jackets and wrestle each other to the ground. It's not all heady intellectualism around here, you know.
Friday, March 28, 2008
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