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Dear Readers: Where I Am and Where This is Going

August 10, 2014by curiositycat 3 Comments

Dear readers, Let me begin by saying that I love you. And I love everything you come for on this blog–ducks, and chickens, and goats, and quail, and homeschooling, and […]

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God, the Universe, and Everything

Frankly, my dears, you don’t need that kind of negativity…

April 27, 2014by curiositycat 1 Comment

I want to tell you a story. It happened a few years ago, when we looked into placing Eli in a school. Let me tell you about Eli. He’s incredibly bright. […]

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Homeschooling

It’s How the Holy Gets In

January 25, 2014by curiositycat 7 Comments

Growing up, I watched Mom vacuum all the floors, Grandma wash all the laundry, women in the kitchen at every family function while the men sat and talked in the […]

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God, the Universe, and Everything

Re: Grandma and Ambition*

December 1, 2013by curiositycat 2 Comments

I’m sitting across from Grandma at the motor home table. We’re on our way to Sierra Bible Camp. Her hands are crossed demurely in front of her, her face tranquil […]

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God, the Universe, and Everything

A Letter to the World On my 40th Birthday (We Are Not Alone)

October 21, 2013by curiositycat 1 Comment

Dear World, I wanted to do something really special for my 40th birthday. 40 Letters of Gratitude. 40 Acts of Kindness. Something. But man, that seemed like a lot of […]

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God, the Universe, and Everything

Ten Things We Tell Our Children that Make Them Stronger

October 8, 2013by curiositycat 7 Comments

Every day, I say approximately ten thousand things to my children. Most of them are variations of “PLEASE bring the volume down,” “Where is the dadgum tape?” and “Stop gaping at […]

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God, the Universe, and Everything, Homeschooling

Blessed Mother

October 7, 2013by curiositycat 1 Comment

In a surreal turn of events that I am having a hard time processing: At almost the exact time today that one of my sons was saying goodbye to the […]

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God, the Universe, and Everything, Pets

Letter to My Almost-Teenage Son About Girls and Sex

September 6, 2013by curiositycat 6 Comments

Dear Son, You’ve heard everything in this letter before, and so I can already see in your eyes the dull look and hear your steady voice, “I know, Mom. You […]

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God, the Universe, and Everything, Homeschooling

When There Is No Happy Ending: Eggtopsy (Warning-Graphic Images)

June 26, 2013by curiositycat 5 Comments

Watch Eli (age 9) explain about losing a baby chicken before it hatches. WARNING: Graphic images. Not for the faint of heart. It’s a sad fact of raising chickens that sometimes […]

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Helping a Chick Hatch When It’s Having Trouble

June 23, 2013by curiositycat 1 Comment

Rule #1: Don’t. Unless. But mostly don’t. Sally Sunshine explains why, how it probably doesn’t need help and you are likely to kill the baby trying, and provides detailed instructions […]

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Chickens

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