Some viewers may not share this sense of delight*

Hornblower beat me to it this morning. I’m another proud Canadian who can’t think of a more delightful way to kick off the coming Dominion Day festivities.
Thanks to Hornblower, too, for the news that Rick Mercer has a blog. The Farmer and I have been in withdrawal since *This Hour Has 22 Minutes [...]

Dahlicious

In honor of the new Tim Burton/Johnny Depp version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory which we are not going to see (in order to preserve the magic of the book and because I’ve decided that Tim Burton, and Johnny Depp for that matter, just don’t suit my own vision of the book), we decided [...]

Opting Out

Read an interesting article in today’s New York Times. You have to register, but it’s free and then you’re set.
The article is about the refusal of mainstream scientists, including Dr. Kenneth Miller of Brown University, to testify or otherwise participate in the Kansas State Board of Education’s hearings this spring on what the state’s [...]

A little help and individualized attention

From the local rag, today’s issue, we learn that the local public school division has reduced the work hours of its schools’ support staff, and, according to Jane Smith, president of the local union chapter as well as librarian at our nearby elementary school, “it is affecting the quality of education students are receiving”:
Smith said, [...]

Help for the poor piping plovers

We heard on the news the other week that nests of piping plover eggs along the shores of Lake Diefenbaker in Saskatchewan are being moved to higher ground, since a surge in water levels began threatening the birds. The rain that flooded High River, Calgary, and Medicine Hat in the last week is having an [...]

New blog on the block

Does the world really need another blog? No. But I thought I’d see if a cranky Luddite could manage one, and so far with blogger.com it does seem possible.
I also thought it might be nice to have a daily record of our life and our homeschooling journey, especially since I’ve had no luck whatsoever [...]