quote

Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.




Benjamin Franklin

Peace

Preserve your inner peace at any cost. Do not trade your peace for anything in the world. Make peace with yourself, and heaven and earth will make peace with you.




~ St. Isaac the Syrian (+700 AD)

The beginning of freedom from anger is silence of the lips when the heart is agitated; the middle is silence of the thoughts when there is a mere disturbance of soul; and the end is the imperturbable calm under the breath of unclean winds." ~St. John Climacus

Quote of the Day for me

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.


— Edmund Burke

Want to see my "schoolroom"?

I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves. ~Anna Quindlen, "Enough Bookshelves," New York Times, 7 August 1991



I have met many homeschoolers who think having a schoolroom is appalling - over the years (and 5 houses) I have had a variety of different situations and for us I much prefer having a dedicated schoolroom.
It keeps my house clean, my school organzied and is just a better overall way for us.

This is the girls room........ after they cleaned it!

I find television to be very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go in the other room and read a book. ~Groucho Marx

Boy's room

Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new after all. ~Abraham Lincoln

Entrance into my room/schoolroom

Medicine for the soul. ~Inscription over the door of the Library at Thebes

A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down, and commence living on its hint.... What I began by reading, I must finish by acting. ~Henry David Thoreau

Cozy, right?

I should include pictures of my garage and attic.  That is where the rest of my school stuff is -

In my room, are 7 of the floor to ceiling shelves, and three shorter ones.  Plus, my monstrous desk.

You can see books piled EVERYWHERE - dressers, floor (note my night stand in the picture directly over this, it is a stack of the coffee table sized books, with a tray on top.

A few years back, I purchased Decorating with Books, and I am so glad I did.  It had some ideas I hadn't thought of.

There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and a tired man who wants a book to read. ~G.K. Chesterton

A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down, and commence living on its hint.... What I began by reading, I must finish by acting. ~Henry David Thoreau

The multitude of books is making us ignorant. ~Voltaire

Quote

"Courage does not always roar. Sometimes it is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, I will try again tomorrow."Maryanne Radmacher