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A Quiet Simple Life Means Learning From Failure

Friday, July 31, 2020 (Updated: Saturday, November 15, 2025)
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Many years ago I wrote The Complicated Pursuit of Simplicity in which I explored how deciding to live a simpler life may be a simple choice but the execution of that decision is not always simple. As I reference in that post, it can take seven years …

Category: Simple Living

Homeschool Curriculum For Studying The Middle Ages – Homeschool in the Woods

Tuesday, July 28, 2020 (Updated: Monday, November 17, 2025)
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If you are looking for a hands-on way to study history, then Homeschool in the Woods has something fun called Project Passport. Project Passport is a series of homeschool curriculum units that help you and your children immerse yourself in a specific …

Category: Homeschooling Elementary School | Homeschooling Middle School

Our Cozy Home No. 36

Monday, July 27, 2020 (Updated: Friday, May 16, 2025)
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Happy Monday! It’s a cloudy morning here and I’m thankful to have a break from the relentless sun we’ve had this summer. After a cold front moves through this afternoon, we’re supposed to have a lovely stretch of weather with …

Category: Our Cozy Home This WeekTag: Helen Allingham (Artist)

A Quiet Simple Life Means Facing the Truth and Reality

Friday, July 24, 2020 (Updated: Wednesday, February 25, 2026)
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Over the years I’ve had readers become upset when I have talked about topics that they deemed not “quiet” or “simple” enough. I’ve always found this interesting because I think every topic is relevant when you are …

Category: Simple Living

Our Cozy Home No. 35

Monday, July 20, 2020 (Updated: Friday, May 16, 2025)
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Happy Monday evening! I didn’t forget about this post. It simply took me some time to get to it today. Partially this was due to the fact that I had things to do that included deadlines. Part of it was due to a child who needed extra mom and …

Category: Our Cozy Home This WeekTag: Helen Allingham (Artist) | LBLD (Language Based Learning Disabilities)

The End of Public Education As We Know It? 3 Reasons To Hope So

Tuesday, July 14, 2020 (Updated: Monday, January 1, 2024)
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The year 2020 will be looked back on as the tipping point for many changes in our country. Let us hope it is also the year people look back on as the moment when public education collapsed under the weight of its own brokenness and unsustainability …

Category: Choosing to Homeschool

Our Cozy Home No. 34

Monday, July 13, 2020 (Updated: Friday, May 16, 2025)
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Happy Monday! I hope you and yours are well and happy today. We’re hanging in there. Thank you to those who said they were praying for us after my request for prayers last week. To be perfectly honest, I didn’t accomplish anything on my …

Category: Our Cozy Home This WeekTag: Albert Anker (Artist)

4 Ways to Simplify Your Life for the Coming Decade

Friday, July 10, 2020 (Updated: Friday, June 27, 2025)
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We’re currently standing on the precipice of something we cannot fully explain. We can sense it’s coming because it’s impossible to miss the signs that things are not right. At the same time, we don’t know how this …

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Our Cozy Home No. 33

Monday, July 6, 2020 (Updated: Friday, May 16, 2025)
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Happy Monday! It’s been a few weeks since we had a weekly goals post and it’s time to get back in the routine. I confess I am feeling a little slow out of the gate today. We just finished our sunniest June ever with over 82% sunshine. …

Category: Our Cozy Home This WeekTag: Helen Allingham (Artist) | Lockdown

Head Down, Blinders On, Antennae Up – Multi Topic Update

Tuesday, June 30, 2020 (Updated: Wednesday, May 1, 2024)
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My blogging friend, Dianna, often uses the phrase “Head down, blinders on” to encourage us to focus on what we have set out to do. I’ve been dutifully applying it this month. If you look at what I’ve posted in June, …

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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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