The groove calls, but is elusive, considering All The Things that must be tended to these days: a persistently “low tire pressure” light on the HS boy’s car….(nail…fixed…no charge!)…hair appointment put off one week already, that can’t be put off another lest I start getting comments about my grandson when I’m out and about with my 12-year old.
Etc.
But “school” has begun, as I indicated yesterday. More math, more talking and thinking, more piano today. Tried out a new local pizza place for lunch. Because that’s one of the many advantages in having a kid at home during the day. You can try out new restaurants with a companion, and since it’s lunch, and since there is one fewer of you than usual….it’s less of a financial risk.
Tomorrow a friend spends much of the day with us, and after that perhaps a bit more thickness will be added to the day. He indicted that as part of his History Bee prep, he wanted to understand the basics of Plato, Aristotle and Socrates, so I ordered Durant’s book and this cartoon intro to philosophy for him. I got writing done this morning before he woke up. This might work.
If you want occasional snippets of the day as life proceeds, do check out Instagram Stories. (You can only access Stories on the app, I think.)
Older kid’s school is Getting Serious About the Phones You Guys. Seriously, This Time. Just stop, okay?
We’ll see how long that lasts….
Maybe if the pedagogy stopped assuming internet reliance…that might help?
Hush, now. That’s crazy talk.
Today: St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross – Edith Stein.
She’s in the Loyola Kids Book of Saints:
Charlotte was Both 