“To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition, the end to which every enterprise and labour tends, and of which every desire prompts the prosecution.” — Dr. Johnson As the school year begins, I know how easy it is to feel a sense of urgency and even panic! Time to sign… Read More »
{bits & pieces}
The weekly “little of this, little of that” feature here at Like Mother, Like Daughter! Welcome to readers new and old! If you are new here, I wanted to say come on in and have a seat! Lately my blogging has been reduced pretty much to these posts that we call bits & pieces —… Read More »
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The weekly “little of this, little of that” feature here at Like Mother, Like Daughter! It’s hot! But that’s okay, we’ll survive. We’ll survive the thunderstorms, the floods, the tornados, and the earthquakes. If we don’t survive them, it will be because the good God wants to call us home — let’s be prepared… Read More »
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The weekly “little of this, little of that” feature here at Like Mother, Like Daughter! The garden finally got some rain yesterday, so I’m feeling not too bad about it. Certainly there are some things out there that seem not to have grown at all for a month, so that’s odd, but we’ve not bought lettuce… Read More »
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A little break
I’m going to let you look through some posts you might have missed (and all those links!) while I enjoy having eight (of 14 and counting!) grandchildren at home for a bit! I’ll keep up my Instagram in the usual desultory fashion. Come visit me there. Follow us everywhere, in fact BUT — I… Read More »
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The weekly “little of this, little of that” feature here at Like Mother, Like Daughter! We have winners of the giveaway of the three liturgical living books — one here, one on Facebook, and one on Instagram! (Be sure to follow there for other opportunities!) If you won, an email is wending its… Read More »
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Cooking with the Saints Liturgical Living Bundle Giveaway! ~ {bits & pieces}
Three books, three winners! {details of how to enter at the end of this post!} THIS GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED! BUT THE CODE COOKING30 IS GOOD UNTIL 7/6 FOR ALL THREE BOOKS AT SOPHIA PRESS! Today with our {bits & pieces} we have a fabulous giveaway of three books for liturgical living. I wanted to… Read More »
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Science lessons that “remember the whole” {bits & pieces}
The weekly “little of this, little of that” feature here at Like Mother, Like Daughter! Very rarely does one come across just the thing. As a would-be classical homeschooler, I always found the issue was putting into practice the wonderful ideas and thoughts I had about education. Oh, it’s all very well to know that Aristotle… Read More »
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{bits & pieces} with garden progress
The weekly “little of this, little of that” feature here at Like Mother, Like Daughter! We have now reached peak “I’ll just leave this here while I go deal with those other things” time at the Manse; my yard looks like Ma and Pa Kettle* had a spree with all the plastic. I have carefully edited… Read More »
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The weekly “little of this, little of that” feature here at Like Mother, Like Daughter! Last Saturday was graduation day at Thomas More College, and even though our baby graduated last year, we were in attendance for several reasons. First, we have three faculty members in our household — Phil is director of the Center for the Restoration… Read More »
