Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Mid-July Garden Update
I’ve not posted pictures of our garden for quite awhile. In fact, I’m not sure I’ve posted any since the blog has “gone public”. Here are just a few shots to give you an idea of how Copper’s Garden Grows: The two plantings of corn, about two weeks apart, are coming along nicely. The corn…
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Hotel Key Cabinet (Favorite Things Friday)
One of my favorite things is my hotel key cabinet. It’s a favorite thing for two reasons – one I just love it in its own right; and secondly, it holds several very small things which are precious to me. This is a picture of it on the wall in my parlor. My parlor was…
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Zucchini Pizza
This is what happens when you spend your Sunday at rest, go fishing on Monday and still don’t harvest your garden on Tuesday! You get a Wednesday full of baseball bat size zucchini and huge cucumbers!! After cutting a couple of the biggest zucchini in half lengthwise and giving them to the chickens, we still…
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Character Education Posters
As a private homeschooler, I am always looking for ways to s-t-r-e-t-c-h our homeschool monies. Finding freebies is always nice, but finding a freebie that is really good is even better!! That is why I was thrilled to find these Character Education Posters at Faith 4 Living. There are 49 posters in all, each covering one…
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Walking to the Beat of Their Own Drummer
This lovely poem was given to me by my wonderful neighbor, Kay. Kay is retiring, after more than twenty years, as a teacher’s aide in the Special Education classroom of our tiny, local public school. This poem was given to her by the first teacher she worked for, and she re-discovered it when she was cleaning our…
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Internet Shopping (The Homemaker’s Servants)
The computer and internet shopping can be great servants to the homemaker. With the ability to make price comparisons with just the click of the mouse, and with the price of gas being over $3.00/gallon in our area, internet shopping can even be quite economical. I put my computer and internet shopping to work for…
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The Guest Book (Old-Fashioned Pleasures)
There are so many wonderful old-fashioned ideas and traditions, and they appeal to me now more than ever. As I try to bring more Old Fashioned Pleasures into my home, I’ll try to share them with you on Tuesdays. The family Guest Book is a wonderful, old-fashioned tradition. I have been married almost 28 years,…
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Making Family Memories
We made some wonderful family memories yesterday! We drove a couple of hours up into the mountains to a state park, and Copper took the boys fishing. They’ve done some fishing at a small, local lake, but other than my 12 year old catching a few teeny-tiny perch, they’ve not had much success. Yesterday’s outing did not…
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The Blessing Of An Adult Daughter In The Home
I am blessed to have an adult daughter still at home. My eldest daughter has been married for almost six years, and has added three beautiful arrows to her husband’s quiver. However, my younger daughter, age 22, is still home – blessing her family, remaining under her father’s covering and headship, and waiting on the…
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Beating The Heat And The Budget Blues Day Two & Recipes
I have had a very busy kitchen day today! I have a loaf of Wheat Germ Sesame Bread in the bread machine. It’s baking now and smells wonderful! I’ve made a batch of chocolate ice cream and it’s in the freezer firming up for tonight when Copper gets home from work. I’m sipping an ice…
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