Candy Mountain Academy – memorable moments from week 1

Well, our first week back to school (after a two month break for Christmas and moving) is complete!  We even came up with a new name for our homeschool — Candy Mountain Academy.  How does that sound?  Fun, yet somehow sophisticated, I hope.  No, it has nothing to do with actual candy (Charlotte Mason would be mortified at that! … Continue reading Candy Mountain Academy – memorable moments from week 1

Getting Back on Track

I’m only a month behind schedule with this hymn study guide, but considering what our family has been up to the last while, I’d have to say I’m not feeling too badly about that. It has been a busy season! After PJ returned from being away for thirteen weeks last fall, we moved from Prince … Continue reading Getting Back on Track

2022 Weekly Family Calendar

Finally I found a free moment to update the weekly family calendar for 2022! Our family is in the process of an interprovincial move…made even less fun by the biggest snow storm of the season, not to mention covid regulations and restrictions! Anyway, here you have it — a great calendar for putting up on … Continue reading 2022 Weekly Family Calendar

Advent — rising up even as the frost falls

A voice was saying, “Cry out!” Another said, “What should I cry out?” “All humanity is grass, and all its goodness is like the flower of the field. The grass withers, the flowers fade when the breath of the Lord blows on them; indeed, the people are grass. The grass withers, the flowers fade, but … Continue reading Advent — rising up even as the frost falls

Advent — coming close to the fire

For behold, the day is coming, burning like an oven, when all the arrogant and all evildoers will be stubble. The day that is coming shall set them ablaze, says the Lord of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch. But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness … Continue reading Advent — coming close to the fire