What does the Trivium have to do with diamonds and other precious stones? Read an excerpt (written by Maribel and Dawne) from the Basically Bluedorn Yahoo Group on HomeschoolBlogger.

Baltimore Oriole at a bird feeder with grape jelly — taken by our neighbor Bob Burger at his home

My 13-year-old son recently started using The Fallacy Detective and we are really enjoying going through it together. I am curious, however, what the correct pronunciation of Tu Quoque is–does it sound like “Too Coke” or something else? Not having studied Latin, I am unsure of my pronunciation and I want to be [...]

Vox Day questions the logic of college and answers the university cheerleaders.
He and his wife homeschool their children in Minnesota.

He is with the Tunnicliff family amid the tumbleweeds of Wyoming.

The Old Train Depot in downtown Cheyenne.

Keegan Tunnicliff, the Hebrew scholar.

Windy Wyoming
Thank you, Dell, for reviewing our books.

Laurie,
I have always hated school. I hated learning. Pete says I shouldn’t use that word loosely, but honestly, I don’t know how to express to you how I feel about the public education I received.
I have never possessed any aptitude for learning anything.
Now, I love to learn.
Thank you for teaching this family how to love [...]

The Regenerate Our Culture blog network “consolidates the best from the teen blogosphere all in one place.” In addition, their online magazine features articles by teens discussing today’s important issues.

The bluebirds we have here in Illinois….

Eastern Bluebird (photo by Ruth Edwards from Westport MA, used with permission)
are different from the bluebirds in Colorado.

Mountain Bluebird
Here in Illinois, we thought that the meadowlark had become extinct, but we were wrong. They are alive and well in Colorado….

But most importantly, I learned that my new niece Arianna [...]

Book Review: The Peacemaker by Ken Sande
My family first heard Ken Sande speak at the 1999 Illinois Christian Home Educators Convention. My Dad brought Sande’s book The Peacemaker home and he read it at evening Bible study. Two pieces of advice at that time were memorable: (1) when apologizing, “The word ‘but’ [...]

Thanks to the D Fender and P Stanford families, we are almost back to normal.
Surveying the mess.

Friends come with tools.

Almost done.