Michelangelo is famous for many things. He was a brilliant artist, and I deliberately use artist because he was great at painting AND sculpture. His David is one of the most famous sculptures ever, there are hundreds of postcards for it, many in questionable taste. Then there is … [Read more...]
Good Omens book club
We broke our rule with Good Omens. It came out when we were up in Iowa visiting Tara and she LOVES Terry Pratchett, grew up reading them with her Mom, and so of course we watched it with her. Then we returned home and during our speculative fiction year of reading we had our Good … [Read more...]
Bolivia Unit
This Bolivia Unit made a great geography lesson for us. (there are affiliate links in here) Bolivia Unit resources Here you go. Not so many resources but I did find some fun Bolivia fact sites. Seriously, the titles people come up with for country facts are … [Read more...]
Animal Farm book club
As a Freshman in high school I read Animal Farm. I remember being something of a history buff and reading the chapter where the animals went through the farmer's house and thinking, "Wow, I bet this is what the peasants felt like going through the Romanov palace after the Russian … [Read more...]
Zookeeper’s Wife book club
A few years ago Jeff was looking for a movie we could watch for Mother's Day. He picked Zookeeper's Wife, and we got about halfway through it before The Artist got overwhelmed with the darkness of the story and wasn't emotionally ready to see the light and hope buried under all … [Read more...]
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