http://www.fireflyplace.net/ NOUN: Emission of visible light by living organisms such as the firefly... en Copyright 2008 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:56:39 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.33 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss My mother passed from this earth a year ago tomorrow... http://www.fireflyplace.net/2008/01/out_of_my_own_heart_of_darknes.html http://www.fireflyplace.net/2008/01/out_of_my_own_heart_of_darknes.html Ponderings Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:56:39 -0500 "The art of motherhood involves much silent, unobtrusive self-denial, an hourly devotion which finds no detail too minute." Honore De Balzac (1799-1850) http://www.fireflyplace.net/2007/05/mother.html http://www.fireflyplace.net/2007/05/mother.html Mothering Sun, 13 May 2007 00:18:42 -0500 Truly more fun than a barrel of monkeys.]]> http://www.fireflyplace.net/2007/05/bostons.html http://www.fireflyplace.net/2007/05/bostons.html Wordless Wednesday Wed, 09 May 2007 15:15:35 -0500 Lily quit taking naps when she was six weeks old, so this is a rare glimpse of my child sleeping. http://www.fireflyplace.net/2007/04/rare.html http://www.fireflyplace.net/2007/04/rare.html Photography Sat, 28 Apr 2007 12:30:03 -0500 THE SWARTHY bee is a buccaneer, A burly velveted rover, Who loves the booming wind in his ear As he sails the seas of clover. A waif of the goblin pirate crew, With not a soul to deplore him,... http://www.fireflyplace.net/2007/04/a_more_ancient_mariner.html http://www.fireflyplace.net/2007/04/a_more_ancient_mariner.html Poetry Mon, 23 Apr 2007 18:55:13 -0500 Will, the girls and I are taking a little family vacation this week. I wish I could tell you about all the educational aspects of our little foray and include photos, but that will have to wait. We are... http://www.fireflyplace.net/2007/04/ill_fly_away.html http://www.fireflyplace.net/2007/04/ill_fly_away.html Ponderings Fri, 13 Apr 2007 15:00:07 -0500 The Homeschool Blog Awards are back and the voting has begun! Hurry on over before midnight April 15th to vote for your favorite homeschool bloggers! While you're there, please consider voting for my blog "Bioluminescence" as I have so... http://www.fireflyplace.net/2007/04/time_to_vote.html http://www.fireflyplace.net/2007/04/time_to_vote.html Home Education Mon, 09 Apr 2007 05:12:20 -0500 clean O.E. (Old English) claene "clean, pure," from W.Gmc. (West Germanic) *klainoz "clear, pure," from PIE (Proto-Indo-European) base *gel- "to gleam" (cf. Gk. (confer/compare Greek) glene "eyeball," O.Ir. (Old Irish) gel "bright").]]> http://www.fireflyplace.net/2007/04/clean.html http://www.fireflyplace.net/2007/04/clean.html Photography Sat, 07 Apr 2007 00:57:06 -0500 Very Nearly Wordless Wednesday Ed. 10 What is it? It's Clara's own springtime perfume concoction. God's Will I know, I know where violets blow Upon a sweet hillside, And very bashfully they grow And in the grasses hide--- It... http://www.fireflyplace.net/2007/04/wild_violets.html http://www.fireflyplace.net/2007/04/wild_violets.html Wordless Wednesday Wed, 04 Apr 2007 16:12:42 -0500 The Homeschool Blog Awards are back and nominations have begun! Hurry on over before midnight April 5th to nominate your favorite homeschool bloggers! Once you have nominated your favorites, don't forget to go back to vote for those you... http://www.fireflyplace.net/2007/04/2007_homeschool_blog_awards.html http://www.fireflyplace.net/2007/04/2007_homeschool_blog_awards.html Home Education Sun, 01 Apr 2007 00:01:02 -0500 The choices we make. My pick and my girls' pick for the water theme. http://www.fireflyplace.net/2007/03/water_creatures.html http://www.fireflyplace.net/2007/03/water_creatures.html Photography Sat, 31 Mar 2007 16:29:52 -0500 I have been feeling a bit blue lately. I think I am having a delayed reaction to my mother's death. That is why I haven't felt up to blogging. Spring is almost here, though. I think. One day it will... http://www.fireflyplace.net/2007/03/for_my_secret_sister_all_other.html http://www.fireflyplace.net/2007/03/for_my_secret_sister_all_other.html Sat, 24 Mar 2007 18:48:44 -0500 "Timidity keeps me safe and sad in a narrow room." Mason Cooley ]]> http://www.fireflyplace.net/2007/03/architecture.html http://www.fireflyplace.net/2007/03/architecture.html Photography Sat, 10 Mar 2007 00:03:03 -0500 "Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage." Publius Syrus (42 B.C.), Maxim 914]]> http://www.fireflyplace.net/2007/03/just_another_wednesday.html http://www.fireflyplace.net/2007/03/just_another_wednesday.html Wordless Wednesday Wed, 07 Mar 2007 15:55:11 -0500 I just wanted to let my secret sister know that I received both packages she sent and thank her kindly for them. http://www.fireflyplace.net/2007/03/thanks_secret_sis.html http://www.fireflyplace.net/2007/03/thanks_secret_sis.html Mon, 05 Mar 2007 15:50:52 -0500