The Titus 2 Homemaker

When you think about school, what do you remember?  Little-girl pigtails?  Teenage acne?  Best friends?  Bullies?  Well, this week’s Blogger Friend School assignment is all about the feelings associated with school for us as children, and our homeschooling journeys now.
BFS Assignment #100 - Oh What a Feeling!
Intro:  Oh What a Feeling!   (Marketing credit:  Toyota)
Wow!  As […]

Why is it that negative emotions seem to be magnifiers of negative emotions?  Frustration is a magnifier for frustration, irritation is a magnifier for frustration, etc.  Once one is frustrated over one thing, it’s so much easier for anything else to be frustrating.  Or when one is already irritated, one is more readily irritated.  Why […]

The more I read, the more strongly convinced I am that veganism is not a healthy long-term dietary choice. I have been reading Nutrition and Physical Degeneration, by Weston A. Price. Weston Price was a dentist who visited with and studied a variety of people groups around the world who were still living […]

With the coming of Daylight Savings Time (yes, I know I’m a few days behind - I’ve been busy with groceries for the month!), “time” is something we find ourselves focusing on for a while. Random thoughts about time:
-The ancients used to measure time with the sun and the shadows it cast (sundials, and […]

It is amazing how the definitions and/or usage of words change with time. Consider the following, from Webster’s 1828 dictionary:
Incontinence
INCON’TINENCE
INCON’TINENCY, n. [L. incontinentia. See Continence.]
1. Want of restraint of the passions or appetites; free or uncontrolled indulgence of the passions or appetites, as of anger.
2. Want of restraint of the sexual appetite; free or […]