It’s been a busy summer already, and I’ve been slacking at this blogging thing, but I still love reading the blogs of my friends, and I thought you might enjoy visiting a few of them with me, so here goes…
My friend Cindy Englan in Colorado posted a beautiful ode to her son titled Milestones, where [...]

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Helen on June 11th, 2007

My friend Susan Ryan posts a good explanation of why we are not fruit flies on her always-interesting Corn and Oil blog from the country’s heartland.

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HEM News & Commentary Editor Valerie Bonham Moon posted a note to her blog about a new research paper which is raising waves in homeschooling circles. Valerie gives a nod to homeschooling dad Chris O’Donnell for unearthing this find, and I likewise send appreciation to Chris for being right on top of things.
The paper, [...]

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Helen on April 25th, 2007

While browsing weblogs for this week’s Closer Look piece, I came across a new and unusually compelling blog called BrokenHomeschool. It’s written by a homeschooling mom identified only as Kathy, who lives in “North Florida, in the middle of nowhere, in ever-mounting debt, with my three kidlets, eight dogs, two cats, one goldfish and a [...]

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Helen on April 9th, 2007

In her latest post to the HEM Guide to Homeschooling Resources Mary Nix notes that three of HEM’s blogs have been nominated for the 2006 Homeschool Blog Awards!
Mary shares information about the history of the blog awards and posts links to each of the five HEM nominations. Voting for favorite blogs is happening until Friday, [...]

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