The simultaneous discovery of four activities back in junior-high days had a major effect on me. The first three arose together: discovering hot tea, eating toasted, buttered English muffins, and watching professional basketball games on television. None of these actions sounds impressive to modern sensibilities. … Read more
I’m spending my birthday in Central Eastern Europe this year. We’re coming into the final stretch of our tour, leaving Vienna, enjoying Bratislava for an overnight, and then reveling in our last three days together in Prague. We’ve visited palaces, cathedrals, monuments, and castles galore. … Read more
Ready or not, here comes the second semester. And maybe you’ve been thinking about some curriculum adjustments, maybe working more arts, music and Western cultural history into your homeschool curriculum. Or maybe you’ve avoided thinking about curriculum by . . . watching sports! There are … Read more
