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My Essential Blogging Tools

Monday, November 12, 2018 (Updated: Monday, June 29, 2026)
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Over the years, I’ve tried many different blogging tools. Sometimes it was love at first try and other times it was, “This is way too complicated and not worth it even though other people love it.” Every committed blogger has her …

Category: Writing & Online Life

Home Office Ergonomics – One Choice Can Save or Cost You Thousands of Dollars

Monday, November 12, 2018 (Updated: Monday, June 29, 2026)
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Today I am going to save you potentially thousands of dollars. And I am going to give you this information for free. Consider it my investment in your long-term business success. You might think I’m exaggerating, but I’m not. The …

Category: Family Economy | Writing & Online Life

Peaceful Hymns For Your Sunday

Saturday, November 10, 2018 (Updated: Friday, June 26, 2026)
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One of the often searched for posts on my site is “Who Am I?” Sung by the Altar of Praise Chorale. I was listening to it this evening while doing some work here and thought it would be nice to put together a collection of peaceful hymns …

Category: Hymns & Bible Readings

Are Hard Things Always Good? (And Are Easy Things Always Bad?)

Thursday, November 8, 2018 (Updated: Wednesday, February 25, 2026)
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This was originally written in June 2009 at the height of the “homeschool or you are a terrible Christian and will lose your children forever” movement in Christian homeschool blogging. I was thinking about this topic again and found this …

Category: Simple Living

100 Books From Our New Home Library

Saturday, November 3, 2018 (Updated: Friday, June 26, 2026)
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When we did our cozy home remodel, we changed our learning room into a library. In my dream home, I would have a large library filled with built-in bookshelves from floor to ceiling. Instead, we have several places where we keep our books including …

Category: Our Family LifeTag: Book Lists | Calvin Coolidge | Decorating Our Cozy Home | Grace Livingston Hill | Laura Ingalls Wilder & Little House Books

100 Ways To Add Joy To Your Life

Friday, November 2, 2018 (Updated: Monday, May 5, 2025)
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"I do not understand how anyone can live without some small place of enchantment to turn to." Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

Category: Simple Living

100 Art Supplies For Creative Girls

Thursday, November 1, 2018 (Updated: Monday, June 29, 2026)
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Because I’ve been blessed with a creative and artistically gifted daughter, I’ve learned a great deal about art supplies over the past several years. As a highly creative family, we’ve cycled through many different phases and …

Category: Creative & Visual-Spatial Learners | Homeschooling Elementary School | Homeschooling Middle SchoolTag: Caroline's Art | Homeschool Organization & Supplies

Random Thoughts On A Rainy October Sunday

Sunday, October 28, 2018 (Updated: Tuesday, November 23, 2021)
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We’re in the midst of the stretch known in our home as “Has the magazine gone to review yet?” If you didn’t already know, David is the graphic designer for The Old Schoolhouse Magazine so four months of every year, he’s …

Category: Our Family Life

Two Picture Books For Highly Sensitive Children

Wednesday, October 10, 2018 (Updated: Monday, June 29, 2026)
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Having a highly sensitive child is a challenge, especially when she is younger. She can’t fully explain what she feels and thinks. She is unable to think abstractly about topics in the way an adult can so it can be difficult to sort out exactly …

Category: Sensitive & Intense Children

The Simple Life in Difficult Times

Tuesday, October 9, 2018 (Updated: Monday, May 5, 2025)
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"It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy with the simple pleasures and to be cheerful and have courage when things go wrong." Laura Ingalls Wilder

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Sallie Schaaf Borrink

I’m Sallie — wife, mother, just-retired homeschooler, and curator of my home. Our little family lives a quiet and cozy life of home education, self-employment, and pithy exchanges. I’ve been writing here for 20+ years about Truth, Goodness, and Beauty. And I like to laugh. A lot. Start here. ♥

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