Archive - A Window in the Country

all the news that wants to share

Apr 30

March 2024

Expensive dates

cellphone contracts, opt-in testing, a wonderful movie, a poem

Mar 21

February 2024

Find what refreshes your mind and soul

an interview with a Charlotte Mason homeschool mom of 7

Feb 20

February's drear, and a few things I love right now

Feb 9

January 2024

Scenes from the First Day Back

with inner narration from Hunt, Gather, Parent

Jan 6

November 2023

Where to place the newer arts, and a few Advent notes.

Nov 30, 2023

October 2023

How much energy we put into Halloween and why; a cursive worksheet builder; the energy behind everything

Oct 24, 2023

the fate of a busy scarf

I contemplated unraveling a scarf-long stretch of knitting that I did during the school year last year. I knit it while sitting ‘shoulder to shoulder…

Oct 2, 2023

August 2023

what I thought, what I bought

a mental edit and this season's homeschool goods haul

Aug 28, 2023

July 2023

Reading The House of Music

one mom's true account of raising a family of classical music 'geniuses'

Jul 15, 2023

Bookshelf godmothers

A thinking homeschooler's favorite reads

Jul 1, 2023

June 2023

Feeling like both the rose and the rain

What surprised me after a day of reflection on our school year.

Jun 26, 2023

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