A Great Triumph
Seldom has a Wednesday been so back-breakingly productive as was today. First, let it be said: Jacob wins the prize for hardest working student of the day!! He did 36…
Night Time
11:30pm I'm just getting ready to shut down my computer for the night. The Boy marches out of his room, approaches me, mournful, apologetic, yet utterly alert, and declares, "I…
For Layla
~*~*~*~*~ Just finished tonight -- this is the blankie I made for my little God-daughter Layla. I've given it the rather grandiose title: "Mist on the Heathered Hills" ~*~*~*~*~
A walk in the park
Sunday afternoon, Lisa and Layla came home with us after church, and within moments it was apparent that Layla had more energy than the walls of our home could contain. …
Viola!
On and off, for months now, my daughters have at various times and with sundry levels of conviction been requesting that I teach them how to play my viola. Today,…
“Honey, can you pop the hood?”
One of those little ways I get to help my sweetie now and then... Today, that request proved more demanding than usual, however. The hood release on the suburban was…
Oh, the Heidmannity…
Friday morning, being Paul's day off, was all about math. The air was filled with a veritable whirlwind of fractions and integers, variables, factor trees, and I know not what,…
Thursday, Well Spent
Today we had an extra student in the Heidmann Academy. Lisa joined us in the morning, and even spent some quality time studying from the highly recommended book, Understanding the…
Shakespeare in the back yard
We're all delirious at Casa de Heidmann in anticipation of the start of the new semester of Theater. The walls are resounding with Shakespearean verse, both watching and rehearsing. I…
Small Things
Just practicing... :-) (click a thumbnail to enter the slide show, click enlarged photo to go to the next pic)