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Applying Art

We’ve all heard the phrase “those who can’t, teach.” Ouch! In some cases that would appear to be true, but most are quite gifted in what they do. I think one of the greatest things I can do as an artist is to inspire someone else. I do this by showing them my work, pointing out the good, the bad and the...

Spring Into Action and Watch the New Ideas Flower

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If you are anything like me, you never cease to be amazed at the transformations all around you every spring. It’s as if what was deemed motionless and void suddenly sprouts new life overnight. One day all is dull and gray then, on cue, you begin to notice small, red and green buds on the ends of branches. As that gets your...

March Right in to the Best Month of Lessons Yet

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I don’t know if you are like me or not (if you are, I will pray for you) but sometimes I dive headlong into something only to discover that it, well, that it isn’t “me”. Does that ever happen to you? I look through the curriculum guides, drooling, pick something that is sure to revolutionize our homeschool, order it and...

Waste Not Want Not

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A few months ago, I had a request from the Yahoo Sustainable Organizers group. It seemed that one of the organizer’s son’s school appeared to have a problem with kids throwing away perfectly good pencils. She asked for someone like me to write a testimonial about the fact children in third world countries don’t have...