Learning

{Homeschooling / Education}

• The Homeschooling 'String Theory' by Kara Anderson for Simple Homeschool.
• Top 10 Things Parents Hate About Common Core by Joy Pullmann at the Federalist.
• Education Needs More Freedom, Not More Money by Emily Domenech for the Federalist.

{Writing}

• What Star Trek Can Teach Us About Writing by Thomas Smith at Novel Rocket. (And he doesn't even mention split infinitives.)
• 8 Reasons to Write Something Right Now by Edie Melson for Novel Rocket. LOVED this post! Saving for encouragement in the future.
• Creating Capacity by Dan Blank at Writer UnBoxed.

Living

• There Are Four Possible Levels of Relationship by Anne Bogel at Modern Mrs. Darcy.
• Best Friends Forever by Cara at Little Did She Know.
• Letting Friendships Develop, Even When It Doesn't Feel Easy by Nicole at The Art of Simple.
• How to Know if It's Depression by Candace at His Mercy is New.
• That Time We Turned the Laundry Room into a Bedroom by Rebecca at Older and Wisor. I love reading about creative solutions like this. (Do take some time and check out her other decorating posts: I love her house and it has inspired me several times as we work on our own house.)
• The App-Driven Life by Leslie Loftis for the Federalist.

Loving

• Zeke Emanuel Wants You To Die at 75 by Greg Scandlen for the Federalist. I don't love the statements that inspired this post, of course. But this is an important subject. Just on a personal note, I can't imagine the last 10 years without my grandfather (now 85). They've been some of the best years in our relationship. I guess that doesn't fit on an actuarial chart, but it's significant to me.
• Psychiatry, Mental Illness, and the State by Donald Devine for the Federalist. (Looking back through the links I saved this week, it would probably have been simpler just to say, "Go read The Federalist.")
• The Stalkers by Holly Morris at Roads and Kingdoms. Fascinating glance at those who can't resist exploring the ruins of Chernobyl. (H/T Challies.)

{Anglophile}

• 10 American Slang Terms that Confuse Brits from Mind the Gap.
• British / American Clothing Confusion from Mind the Gap.
• Prince Charles Releases Statement Following Death of Dowager Duchess of Devonshire from Royal Central.  See my Five Things Friday post for more links and reading suggestions about and by the Duchess.

We've had a fun week, with our fourth daughter celebrating her fourth birthday and tomorrow our second daughter will turn ten. Two birthdays in one week is an insane level of excitement in our house. We also made a quick trip down to celebrate these birthdays with the southern branch of our family, so it's been a fun filled week. (You can check out my 9 Tips for Traveling with Kids.)

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