Looking back, I encountered some good books, songs, and activities over the past month. I hope you all are having… Read more Favourite Things: January Edition
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Favourite Things: December Edition
Happy New Year! December wasn’t our best month health-wise, but we had much to be thankful for, from library books… Read more Favourite Things: December Edition
Favourite Things: November Edition
We have a little snow on the ground to mark the beginning of December. (In fact, Malcolm played outside for… Read more Favourite Things: November Edition
Favourite Things: October Edition
October was as beautiful as September and I’m thankful that we were able to take advantage of the weather and… Read more Favourite Things: October Edition
In Which I Learn About Dulcimers
Do you remember the poem “Kublai Khan” by Coleridge? “In Xanadu did Kubla Khan / A stately pleasure dome decree…”… Read more In Which I Learn About Dulcimers
14 Things I Learned in September
I need a better system for keeping track of what I’ve learned. Repeatedly over the past month I jotted things… Read more 14 Things I Learned in September
Favourite Things: September Edition
What a gorgeous autumn we are having so far! Read For school pre-reading, I just finished Carry On, Mr. Bowditch,… Read more Favourite Things: September Edition
Paintings of Novgorod
Novgorod is one of the names mentioned in the bardcore version of “We Didn’t Start the Fire,” Here it is… Read more Paintings of Novgorod
Favourite Things: August Edition
I hope you had an enjoyable Labour Day. We started school yesterday after a very busy August. Read I pre-read… Read more Favourite Things: August Edition
Chinggis Khan?!
Back to Verse 2 of the bardcore version of “We Didn’t Start the Fire”: Charlemagne, AlfredAnne Boleyn without a headFew… Read more Chinggis Khan?!
What Is the Nibelungenlied?
Back to the bardcore version of “We Didn’t Start the Fire,” here are the lyrics for Verse 2: Charlemagne, AlfredAnne… Read more What Is the Nibelungenlied?
16 Things I Learned in July
2. I learned that John Deere did not invent or sell tractors, but did invent a steel plow. 3. Manhattanhenge… Read more 16 Things I Learned in July
Who Was Guillaume de Machaut?
Last week Andrew texted me this amazing parody of Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t Start the Fire.” It’s a “bardcore” cover… Read more Who Was Guillaume de Machaut?