52 Churches

I’m sitting in a laundromat for the first time in close to 20 years.  My very first appliance (not counting my dorm fridge) was a washing machine that Smith (my grad school roommate) and I purchased my first year of graduate school.  An old friend of mine, who used to work in a laundromat, swears [...]

Okay — if you’re a girl, somewhere between 10 and 50, and you don’t already have a diva cup, then you need to get one forthwith. I thought I had lost mine at a conference in OH. All sorts of horrible thoughts went through my mind — I’d left it in the shower and the [...]

This is my endodontist. And this is why my endodontist is badder than your endodontist. (And yes, that’s a lion).

What I’m reading right now: For the Adolescent Literature Seminar: For the Mom’s Book Group (which is weird, it being such an adolescent lit book . . .): Picked up just for kicks: (Okay, this is a weird book to pick up “for kicks,” but I read a lot of social science/ sociology books for [...]

I use 1-800-GOOG-411 all the time . . . and, in general, I really like it. One coda, though. I tend to speak like a computer to it, because it has difficulty understanding me. GOOG-411: What City and State? Jen: Spokane, Washington. GOOG-411: Leavenworth, Kansas, thank you. What listing? Jen: Go Back. GOOG-411: Say just [...]

Last year I started an Adolescent Literature Seminar. My main reason was to give Farmerteen a “class” of kids to discuss literature with . . . so I roped in a bunch of homeschoolers and former homeschoolers to give it a try. This was no slouch of a seminar. I put the kids through the [...]

Here’s the particulars (should you find yourself in need): 1) Said ipod (and ear buds) were drowned in a front-loading washer, set to the longest cycle on hot. [2) I did not do this step, because it terrified me, but many folks suggest a further rinse in distilled water if said drowning was in soapy/foul/or [...]

15 years ago today, in a field in Maryland, these really young looking people got married.

My friend, Fredna, likes chickens because of her Cursillo connections, so when I happened upon this lovely creamer, I thought it was about perfect: And, in case you’re wondering, yes, the cream pours out from the chicken’s beak.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HEM SUPPORT GROUP NEWS – MARCH 2006 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~MARCH’S HIGHLIGHT ~ISSUES TO WATCH ~COMMUNITY SERVICE ~CONFERENCES ~WEB UPDATES ~ ONLINE HOME EDUCATION MAGAZINE ARCHIVES ~HEM RESOURCES AND MORE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MARCH’S HIGHLIGHT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This month’s Home Education Magazine Support Group Highlight is Jen Garrison Stuber and the Spokanehomeschoolers – http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Spokanehomeschoolers/. The group gets together in [...]