Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

One of the many skills that my daughter, Danielle, has taught herself is the art of One Stroke Painting.  I have benefited greatly from her self-taught skills. We had not lived in our present house long when Dani first started learning to paint.  Since my laundry room was way down the priority list for fixing our…

As I mentioned in my Whirlwind Wednesday post, I spent a good amount of time on line yesterday perusing the Simplicity Pattern website.  You know what?  There really are not very many good, dressy patterns for toddler boys!!!  I found a couple that I can jury-rig, I think. Anyway, I made my list, checked it thrice…

I’ve often wondered why some families have children that love to read, and other families bemoan the fact that their children loathe reading.  My two daughters, now 26 and 22, have always loved reading.  When the boys came along, now 12 and 7, things weren’t quite the same. My 12 year old was a delayed…

Today is nuts!!!  Absolutely whacko!  In addition to my normal, everyday homemaking things, along with my weekly Wednesday chores, I’ve got several things brewing.  I’ll give you snippets of my day and some things I’m whining about working through.  I’m not really whining, though I’m tempted I know that I can do all things through…

I love having living things in my home, or at least the appearance of living things.  I think it may be a throw back to Victorian times, or, more likely, its our God-given role as garden-tenders  and dominion-takers that keeps this love in my heart.  I think that I love flowers, especially, because I love…

Mondays are Copper’s day off.  I thought I’d show you how he spent a good part of his day today. He hung this sign, which was a gift from our neighbor to Dani, over the entrance from my living room to my school room.               He hung this sign…

I love to sew.  I really do!  However, I have not done much sewing at all for several years.  The reason?  All of my sewing and craft supplies, including my sewing machine, have been housed in the armoire in my bedroom.  The only logical place I had to sew was at the kitchen table.  I don’t…

That was what I asked my 7 year old son tonight.  He was flying madly running through the house, trying to finish his after dinner chores in time to have some ice cream.  I  had just heard what sounded like something hitting the floor and scattering. There was a looooooong pause, and then came the…

     As I’ve mentioned here before, we homeschool primarily using living books.  I am very much indebted to Valerie Jacobsen, a woman whom I have never met, for her excellent advice regarding living books.      Valerie’s web site http://www.valerieslivingbooks.com/ is a vast resource of living books!  The link above will take you to her home page,…

I spent some time today cutting apart and ironing stamped designs on to some dishtowels for Corin. This is a project I should have done years ago, but the designs are stamped on, the embroidery floss is out, and I am determined to begin this evening. If you’re up for another sentimental story after reading…