Category Archives: books

Real Life Writing

Posted on July 22, 2013 by This Woman Writes

One of my son’s favorite — and unanswerable — questions through the years had to do with Algebra and higher math. “When will I ever use this?” he asked. “And if I never use it, why do I have to … Continue reading →

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Writing: The More You Practice, the Better You Get

Posted on July 19, 2013 by This Woman Writes

This is the second in a three-part article series on teaching your children to write, and write well. The first part of this series (Home-schooling? Yes, you can teach your child to write) addressed many home-schooling instructors’ reluctance to teach … Continue reading →

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Homeschooling? Yes, You Can Teach Your Child to Write

Posted on July 18, 2013 by This Woman Writes

This is the first of a three-part series on teaching your child to write, published in Deseret News: In more than 20 years of home-schooling, I have heard variations on this sentence, “I can’t teach my child to write because I … Continue reading →

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Waiting, and Waiting, and Waiting on God

Posted on July 10, 2013 by This Woman Writes

We lived two years in a rustically renovated barn while we built our house, paying for it as we went. There were six of us, four of whom were under 11, two significantly so. The most frequent comment I heard, … Continue reading →

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Christmas in July

Posted on July 8, 2013 by This Woman Writes

From Start Your Week with Steve, the weekly newsletter of Steve Henderson Fine Art Steve Says: “This last week, it was 100-plus degrees outside, and since my studio is not air conditioned, it wasn’t much less than that inside. “And I … Continue reading →

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Grocery Saving Tip: Question the Bananas

Posted on July 5, 2013 by This Woman Writes

If you have kids, you know that there are lots of ways to drive them nuts, beginning with how you breathe. Last summer, however, I discovered a new way of driving my son to inarticulate distraction: I bought bananas. The … Continue reading →

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Recipe: Too Much Zucchini! Muffins

Posted on July 4, 2013 by This Woman Writes

Last month, in a moment of insanity, I decided that one zucchini plant wouldn’t be enough, so I planted six more. Fortunately, they’re still getting their garden legs, because my one plant is outdoing itself, single-plantedly populating our county with … Continue reading →

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Is Life Inconvenient?

Posted on July 1, 2013 by This Woman Writes

From Start Your Week with Steve, the free weekly newsletter of Steve Henderson Fine Art Steve Says: “How willing are you to put up with inconvenience? “Because we’re reasonably willing, as a family, to put up with inconvenience, we live in a … Continue reading →

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Achieving Impossible Dreams

Posted on June 24, 2013 by This Woman Writes

From Start Your Week with Steve, the weekly newsletter of Steve Henderson Fine Art — Steve Says: “When we tell people what we do — I paint, Carolyn writes — the general response is, ‘Wow, that’s my dream job.’ “It … Continue reading →

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Dropping the Name of Jesus

Posted on May 22, 2013 by This Woman Writes

Has this ever happened to you? You’re at some religious function (I don’t do these any more, but the memories are strong), and as part of an ice-breaking game, you’re asked, “What three books would you bring with you on … Continue reading →