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Unfixed Mothering
Children are always changing. What about parents?
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Good News: Announcing My Book
"Skipping School" is under contract!
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Neighborhood Work for Children
When children do odd jobs for neighbors, everyone benefits
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Reads of the Year for the HIP: 2024
A short list of book recommendations for Harried Intellectual Parents
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Carols and Motherhood at Christmas
Reflections on the Nativity from the U.S. and Ireland
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Welcome to the Hollow! Have a seat on the nearest log and join the conversation!

Homeschooling

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Homeschoolers Out-Perform Public Schoolers on the ACT
Hard evidence on homeschooler performance
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Imagining History Through Sound
Sounds from the clack of a clog dance to the trill of the Rebel Yell can powerfully engage and challenge young thinkers
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An Interview at the Arena!
Chatting about work, schooling, and daily life
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Recommendations
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Signs + Seasons
Signs + Seasons
Kristin Haakenson
Cultural Christians in the Early Church
Cultural Christians in the Early Church
Nadya Williams
Over the Field
Over the Field
Hadden Turner
Necessary Judgements with Christy Isinger
Necessary Judgements with Christy Isinger
Christy Isinger
The Commonplace
The Commonplace
Tsh Oxenreider

Quick Book Notes

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Reads of the Year for the HIP: 2024
A short list of book recommendations for Harried Intellectual Parents
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Dixie Dillon Lane
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A Liturgical Year Cookbook for Families
Testing out Haley Stewart's "Catholic Kids' Cookbook"
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Dixie Dillon Lane
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St. Nick's Is for Books
A children's book gift guide
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Dixie Dillon Lane
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"Mothers, Children, and the Body Politic"
Discussing Nadya Williams' brand new book
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Dixie Dillon Lane
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Nadya Williams
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Technology

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Writing While Homeschooling
A homeschooling parent’s dilemma: do I stay on my computer or off of it?
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Building Up While Opting Out
Erin Loechner's "The Opt-Out Family" & the practical questions of moderating your digital lifestyle
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Tech Resistance for Introverts
And other people who would rather die than host a phone-free barn dance.
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What About Grammarly?
Let's not beat around the bush.
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History

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"Mothers, Children, and the Body Politic"
Discussing Nadya Williams' brand new book
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Dixie Dillon Lane
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Nadya Williams
7
Imagining History Through Sound
Sounds from the clack of a clog dance to the trill of the Rebel Yell can powerfully engage and challenge young thinkers
 • 
Dixie Dillon Lane
23
An Interview at the Arena!
Chatting about work, schooling, and daily life
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Dixie Dillon Lane
9
Should I (or My Kid) Go to Graduate School in the Humanities?
Discernment and realism
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Dixie Dillon Lane
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Hearth & Field

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Links o' the Week, #23
Efficiency, hospitals, jam, a new print quarterly, and more!
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Georgia on My Mind
People, place, and home.
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Spontaneous Music
Music as expression, not performance
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Instead of Scrolling, Teach Your Child to Bake
And one day, he'll bake for you!
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Current

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Reads of the Year for the HIP: 2024
A short list of book recommendations for Harried Intellectual Parents
 • 
Dixie Dillon Lane
14
A Liturgical Year Cookbook for Families
Testing out Haley Stewart's "Catholic Kids' Cookbook"
 • 
Dixie Dillon Lane
2
St. Nick's Is for Books
A children's book gift guide
 • 
Dixie Dillon Lane
22
"Mothers, Children, and the Body Politic"
Discussing Nadya Williams' brand new book
 • 
Dixie Dillon Lane
 and 
Nadya Williams
7
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