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Botticelli, Young man before the Seven liberal arts (ca. 1484). It’s not just academic!!

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Just a quick note today to share some good book news in the form of several good reviews this week!

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Xmen Homeschooling, Again

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Happy Fourth of July!

Fourth of July, Childe Hassam, 1916.

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Happy almost-the-Fourth-of-July to my American readers!

I have three things to say before we break out the brats and the sparklers on Saturday.


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"Uncle John just dropped a cat over our fence!"

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A few months back, we had what I thought was a pretty generous array of animals for people living on a town lot: 1 dog, 2 cats, and 6 laying hens. I enjoy all...

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