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What Do Quiet and Simple Mean To Me Today?

Monday, May 1, 2023 (Updated: Sunday, June 28, 2026)
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Many years ago I started using A Quiet Simple Life as a part of my blogging. Over the weekend I had an epiphany of sorts as I realized the way I think about this phrase has changed. In particular, the way I think about the term simple has changed. …

Category: Relaxed Homeschooling | Simple LivingTag: Audio

Learning To Write Cursive With Dysgraphia

Tuesday, April 25, 2023 (Updated: Saturday, April 27, 2024)
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I’ve written many posts about our journey with Caroline’s dysgraphia. I asked Caroline if I could take a photo of this and share it to encourage other homeschool moms. She agreed. Caroline wrote this on David’s birthday card …

Category: Dysgraphia | Gifted & 2e Homeschooling

Life In Our Home This Week and Catching Up

Friday, April 21, 2023
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It’s been kind of quiet around here on the blog. I’ve been busy working, but it has been things you probably haven’t seen. I have a plan formulated regarding what I would like to do with my current and future posts about relaxed …

Category: Our Family Life

Deuteronomy 11:1-28

Wednesday, April 19, 2023 (Updated: Friday, June 26, 2026)
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Deuteronomy 11:1-28 You shall therefore love the LORD your God and always keep His charge, His statutes, His ordinances, and His commandments. Know this day that it is not your children who have known and seen the discipline of the LORD your God: His …

Category: Bible PassagesTag: Deuteronomy (Bible)

Jude 1

Monday, April 17, 2023 (Updated: Friday, June 26, 2026)
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Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James, To those who are called, loved by God the Father, and kept in Jesus Christ: Mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you. Beloved, although I made every effort to write to you about the salvation …

Category: Bible PassagesTag: Jude (Bible)

Ask, Seek, and Knock

Saturday, April 15, 2023 (Updated: Friday, June 26, 2026)
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Luke 11:5-13 Then Jesus said to them, “Suppose one of you goes to his friend at midnight and says, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread, because a friend of mine has come to me on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him.’ And suppose the …

Category: Bible Theme CollectionsTag: Luke (Bible) | Matthew (Bible)
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Deliberately Choosing in Every Part of Life

Friday, April 14, 2023 (Updated: Thursday, June 18, 2026)
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Deliberately choosing isn’t a phrase you hear used often. In some cases, it’s because people have been convinced they don’t have a choice. Instead, they go with the flow whether it is at work, church, school, or the neighborhood …

Category: Simple LivingTag: Making Wise Choices

How I Spent My Spring Break – Week 1

Tuesday, April 11, 2023 (Updated: Tuesday, May 5, 2026)
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Caroline and I took last week off from homeschooling. We enjoyed the break, but the three of us were physically and mentally dragging all week. I’m not sure if it was end-of-winter fatigue, cultural fatigue, or we were fighting something. …

Category: Our Family Life

Proverbs 15

Tuesday, April 11, 2023 (Updated: Friday, June 26, 2026)
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Proverbs 15 A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of the fool spouts folly. The eyes of the LORD are in every place, observing the evil and the good. A soothing …

Category: Bible PassagesTag: Proverbs (Bible)

Free Illinois Map Printable for Homeschoolers

Thursday, April 6, 2023 (Updated: Wednesday, April 29, 2026)
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This blank Illinois map is perfect for geography studies, unit studies, or hands-on learning projects. Your children can label important areas, mark cities, add research notes, or use it however fits your current lessons. Blank maps are one of the …

Category: Free Map PrintablesTag: Free Printable USA State Maps
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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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