Last month I read Zora Neale Hurston’s 1937 novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God. It was incredibly well-written, and I really enjoyed the dialect that Hurston used in her dialogue. The only other book I’ve read that uses dialect was… Continue reading

These five favorites were chosen out of the forty-something books I read this fall, and there were some incredibly hard decisions to be made within that list! But if I had to choose five books to recommend, they would be…… Continue reading

Over the past couple of years, I’ve tried several different kinds of movement, but for exercise this year, I’m trying a ton of new options. My mom and I had a personal trainer last year at the Y, and we… Continue reading

This year my mom suggested that, once a month, we invite some other homeschooled teens for a Friday afternoon hangout.  Our crafts so far have included: exquisite corpse, painted mushrooms, tattoo mugs, and diamond art bookmarks. It’s been great to… Continue reading

One of the benefits of homeschooling is being able to try different kinds of courses in different disciplines, and learning that while I might prefer an in-person class for science, an asynchronous course might be a better choice for math.… Continue reading

I started homeschooling in fifth grade, while I was still living in California. As part of homeschool, once a week I’d go to a nature school at several different state and local parks in the Bay Area. I really enjoyed… Continue reading

Another class I’m taking this year is History of Music. This fall, it’s all classical, from the Baroque period to the Modern era.  We began our class with Baroque composers like Handel, Vivaldi, and Bach. Vivaldi was my favorite composer… Continue reading

In the spring of 2023, I started my small business, Ellipsis Designs.  At first, my focus was on jewelry–but in the next two years, I expanded to bookmarks, ribbon wands, and shell trays.   I first began making jewelry after I… Continue reading

This year in school, my arts concentration is metalsmithing.  I first began making jewelry three years ago, mostly focused on beadwork and wire wrapping.   Last spring I wanted to branch out, and I decided to look into more advanced jewelry… Continue reading