“Goodbye, on the Mersey” by James Tissot (1881) To everything there is a season, and after fourteen years, it’s time for me to say goodbye to the Big White Farmhouse. Since my last update, I’ve discovered quite a bit about my health and how I need to proceed going forward. Iron deficiency was just a […]
“On the Bank of the Seine, Bennecourt” by Claude Monet (1868) This post contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission of any sale made at no extra cost to you. Welcome to Week 3 of the Big White Farmhouse’s Summer Integrated Humanities program! This week, we’re investigating love and friendship. Just jumping […]
This post contains affiliate links. Have you heard of Mail Tag? It’s one of the fun little extras I like to include in letters, a way to learn more about your penpal. Today I thought I would give ten questions to get you started and I’ll share my answers too! 1 // Share a poem […]
This post contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission of any sale made at no extra cost to you. I’m trying something a little different for goal planning this school year. My new motto: we are not machines, we don’t have infinite energy levels, we can only do so much! Hopefully this new […]
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December 3, 2024 No.874: Plan With Me for December 2024 November 1, 2024 No.868: Plan With Me for November 2024 October 2, 2024 No.859: Plan With Me for October 2024 September 3, 2024 No.852: Plan With Me for September 2024 May 9, 2024 No.825: Making Spring Cleaning Fun May 2, 2024 No.823: Intentions for the […]
This post contains affiliate links. Thank you for supporting the BWF! Term Two! The kids have been working so hard and we’re all looking forward to the upcoming breaks. For this section of our school year, my goals are to have lots of family memories (especially with Advent School) and to get a little poetry […]
Another year, another reading challenge! “The WILLA Literary Awards honor the best in literature, featuring women’s or girls’ stories set in the West that are published each year…The award is named in honor of Pulitzer Prize winner Willa Cather, one of the country’s foremost novelists.” In August 2022, I decided that I would like to […]
February 16, 2024 No.802: How We Homeschooled This Week September 8, 2023 No.763: Homeschool Curriculum We’re Trying for the First Time in 2023-2024 October 6, 2022 No.699: Poetry Tea Time // Week 03 September 22, 2022 No.695: Poetry Tea Time // Week 02 September 8, 2022 No.690: Poetry Tea Time // Week 01 August 5, […]
“Reading a book” by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky (1915) This post contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission of any sale made at no extra cost to you. Welcome to another segment of New Ideas for Mother Academia! The purpose of this series is to share five ideas for women to dig deeper into […]
May 21, 2024 No.829: Four Weeks to a More Organized Home // Week Two May 14, 2024 No.827: Four Weeks to a More Organized Home // Week One November 18, 2021 No.585: My 30 Day Super Mega Declutter & Reselling Challenge January 18, 2021 No.477: 8 Lessons I Learned After Decluttering 1,000 Things January 15, […]
“At a Book” by Marie Bashkirtseff This post contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission of any sale made at no extra cost to you. This will hopefully become a monthly series where I share five ideas for women to dig deeper into their continued education. I hope you’ll share what you’ve […]
I got the idea for this challenge as I was scrolling through the alphabetized selections on Book Outlet one winter weekend. It’s a little like meandering through the library because the books are so diverse and interesting. So the plan was formed! What if I read one book for each letter of the alphabet, one […]
“Silence” by Wilhelm Kotarbinski This post contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission of any sale made at no extra cost to you. The painting above is a little blurry and the exact details are unclear (is that a woman? is she in a cemetery?), but I felt the emotions evoked deep […]