Pioneer Country

I haven't posted on here for years. I mean, literally, years. And so much has changed over those years; I mean, obviously, right? But wh...

Spring has felt like such a long time coming.  This winter has been a hard one for me emotionally.  It is only recently that our car was fi...

I love unschooling.  I love that the children are free to learn what they choose, when they choose to learn it.  And it happens most unexpec...

I wonder if it's because I'm British.... The tendency to watch the horizon for signs of impending bad weather is something akin to...

http://amothersheart.blogspot.co.uk/ I read this post on my friend Sarah's blog and it really struck a chord.  I've been meaning t...

I keep the Jesus Storybook Bible on my pile of devotionals by my favourite armchair.  That way, if a small person comes along and wants to...

So I've given my blog a new title. I decided that it more aptly described what I want to do with this blog than 'Jo's Boys'....

Brokeness is not something we normally celebrate. In fact, in today's consumer driven society we cast away the broken without a thought,...

A-bit-late-due-to-the-bank-holiday-but-here-we-are. We-read-'Who-Made-the-Morning?' http://www.newdaypublishing.net/who-made-the-mor...