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First there was the Chia Pet, which was quickly followed by a full menagerie including the Chia bunny, frog, hippo, kitten, pig, puppy, and turtle. Of course, most recently, we also have the limited edition Chia Obama in honor (honor?) of our 44th President of the United States. Well, who needs to buy such terracotta [...]

Tuesday we had our “PictureThis” event where creative writing students from both poetry and fiction classes  Program Covercame together to read their work for an audience of about eighty people–fellow students, family members, teachers, and friends. They read in response to photographs (most taken by the students themselves) and in response to “obstructions” given them [...]

We resumed our “Fridays in the Forest” yesterday. We participated in this program this past fall and loved it. So we’re there again, each Friday spending some quiet time with fellow homeschoolers, friends, and the woods. This spring session, half of our time will be spent in the woodlands and the other half will be [...]