She Walks in Beauty by Siri Mitchell
She Walks in Beauty By Siri Mitchell Reviewed by Martha Artyomenko The Gilded age of New York City. A game is played among the top young women of the city, to see who can catch…
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September 21, 2010
Touching the Clouds by Bonnie Leon
Touching the Clouds By Bonnie Leon Reviewed by Martha Artyomenko Kate Evans is adventurous and loves to fly! This is a very different combination for a woman in the time period of which she lives.…
September 21, 2010
Our Schoolroom and other misc. facts
The lighting is very bad in here....so the pictures do not come out terribly well....plus, there is alot of wires.....so, not terribly pretty. Then here is the reading couch and also, a guest bed for…
September 20, 2010
Whisper in the Wind by Maureen Lang
My Review: It has been a very busy month, and I eagerly started this book and have carried it with me. I have three books I am trying to finish right now and this one…
September 20, 2010
Amish and mennonite/ Vaccines
I am not sure about this, but having heard it said several times and it being widely assumed that Amish and Mennonite people do not vaccinate, I often wonder at this. I never realized this…
September 17, 2010
A few good books….
1. They loved to Laugh by Kathryn Worth One of my favorite books growing up, the story of an orphaned young woman, taken in by a Quaker doctor's family and learned how to bake, weave,…
September 14, 2010
My week in review
We did not take Labor Day off for school, but in the afternoon I went to visit a new friend that I had met online some time ago and we had crossed paths, knew many…
September 12, 2010
Yesterday…
was baking day, I guess!!! It was so nice to have it cool enough to actually use the oven. I was thinking that I would make a big batch of soft bread dough and make…
September 7, 2010
A Hope for Hannah by Jerry Eicher
My Review: Hannah is married and living in MT in a small cabin up in the woods, above Troy somewhere. When a grizzly bear torments the young couple trying to sleep, their peaceful life is…
September 7, 2010
A dream for Hannah by Jerry Eicher
My Review: Hannah seems to have accidents follow her whenever Sam Knepp is around. She starts out the book with an accident in the dark playing the Big Bad Wolf....(or as we used to called…
September 7, 2010