There were many reasons why I homeschooled my youngest, but this is the one that was the most pressing:

"Learning... should be a joy and full of excitement. It is life's greatest adventure; it is an illustrated excursion into the mind of noble and learned men, not a conducted tour through a jail."

~~ Taylor Caldwell, English novelist

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I know that a great many folk do not care to be reminded, once again, of the pain and heartache of 9/11/2001. If you are one of them, you may want to move on. This was written and posted on September 14, 2001 ( Read more... )

I wrote this on September 12, 2001...and I think that the message is still as true today as it was that day.

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Last night, the sunset was glorious. The water was tinted gold and pink as the sky was ablaze, and the mountains were silhouetted in their purple majesty. I watched as the colors faded to soft lavenders and cobalt blues on the water, ( Read more... )

I wrote several things this day six years ago...here is the first, written and posted to friends on an e-mail discussion list at 1:37 in the afternoon on that black day.

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I watched the news this morning from 5 to 5:30 a.m. Turned off the TV, saw P. off to work (for the government, no less...and he jokingly says he's going off to work to save ( Read more... )

It has come to my attention that there are readers who do not know what my screen name means/stands for.  I thought I would clarify that and also share my reasons for choosing it.

Tmtashn is my somewhat phonetic spelling of Temptation.

Not so long after I began learning on line about BDSM and realizing that people were talking to one another from all ( Read more... )

I've decided that there is a topic I don't want to write about for anyone who happens to be wandering by to read. It is not because I have any particular shame about it - rather, it is for the benefit of those who might find the topic to be TMI (Too Much Information).

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I know I am not the only one who finds it frustrating to learn that the things you wanted from a partner in a relationship but couldn't/didn't get are now the things for which he is being praised in a new one.

Hello!!  The reason he is a) staying on the phone for an hour or two (willingly) and b) writing long, lovely e-mails is that he learned, one ( Read more... )

By Andree LeRoy, M.D.
Special to CNN
BOSTON, Massachusetts (CNN) -- Do you take care of someone in your family with a chronic medical illness or dementia? Have you felt depression, anger or guilt? Has your health deteriorated since taking on the responsibility of caregiving? If your answer is yes to any one of these, you may be suffering from ( Read more... )

One of my all time favorite cartoons:


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