Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

Well, if she keeps her pots and pans under and around her sink, and if she uses the cabinet over the dishwasher for her baking center, then where do the dishes go?  Good question!  I did, of course, still need a place for our everyday dishes.  It needed to be not too far from the…

     One of the things that motivated me most to re-work my kitchen was my desire to have an efficient baking center.  I had, over the course of the first few years we lived in this house, tried to establish a baking center in a couple of different areas. None of these really worked because…

One of the things that motivated me most to re-work my kitchen was my desire to have an efficient baking center.  I had, over the course of the first few years we lived in this house, tried to establish a baking center in a couple of different areas. None of these really worked because they…

“Heading off to the Promised Land of Abundant Homeschooling may seem a little daunting at first. You will, as did every other traveler before you, encounter some difficulties on the journey.” “After crossing through the Desert of Not-Knowing-How and climbing over the Mountain Ranges of Resistance, Failure and Weariness, you will find yourself in a…

Boy, things have been crazy busy here for the last week or so!!!  Part of us have had colds of varying degrees, which have left us feeling less than our best.  We’ve been keeping very busy with homeschooling.  My eight year old is settling into the newer school routine now, and the thirteen year old…

If I keep my pots, pans and frying pans under my kitchen sink, then where, pray tell, would I keep the items that are *supposed* to go in and around the sink?  Again, I studied for a week or so how I used my kitchen. Where did we make coffee and tea?  Where did I…

       I have had my share of less than reliable stoves over the years.  Funny as it may seem, my mom’s O’Keefe and Merritt stove, which now is on display in my parlor, is the oldest stove I’ve ever used and it would still, if I had natural gas in my home, be the stove…