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Sharing my struggle: the sunshine
For the last 6 months, I’ve experienced increasingly strange, frustrating and depressing health problems. I explained in the previous post (sharing my struggle: a dark valley) about my struggle with...
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Lunch Bunch at Alphen
I have a back log of posts that I really want to write. But it’s late. I’ve just finished a certain birthday girl’s birthday post, ready to be published on Sunday. But I still wanted to share a...
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Alpacas at Helderstroom
This year with Sonlight we are learning all about Ancient and Early America. We spent the first quarter of the year focusing on South America, particularly the time of the Incas and the Aztecs. We’ve...
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Katie is 8!
I’ve stopped. I’ve started. I’ve stopped again. Words appear, and then disappear. Decreasing letter by letter. How does one begin a post like this without falling back on old cliches; gushing...
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May Moments
It seems that 2012 is the year of the Monthly Updates. Juggling life, schooling, health, family and blogging about it all means that something has to give. This year, blogging has given quite a bit....
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All About Extra Murals
Homeschooling is not necessarily a total DIY educational experience. It can be. Most successfully too. But, it’s seldom the case. Most homeschoolers rely on help. Help that can take the form of a...
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A Greyton (re)treat
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. That would be the sound I made periodically throughout the 24 hours I spent with four special female friends, sans kids and husbands, in Greyton last weekend. A sound...
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From reading stories to writing them…
Two weeks ago I finished writing my very first novel: a children’s book aimed at 8-12 year olds, and perhaps a bit beyond. How did I come to this? Well, the story begins with my love of writing from...
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Mandela Day 2012
For 67 years, Nelson Mandela worked, fought, struggled and campaigned for the freedom of all South Africans. Of those 67 years, 27 were spent on a prison island with virtually no contact with the...
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Cape Explorers
I just love, love, love our home schooling community. We are made up of so many different families and backgrounds – race, religion, creed, home schooling styles, personalities – you name it, we’ve...
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