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An introduction to geology with rock cycle activities for middle and high school. This is a great homeschool nature study and a simple way to explore rocks as a nature study in your own backyard! Rock Study of Granite and Other Igneous Rocks Note To the Parent: There is a lot of great information in this study, far more than can be covered in a week. Use this study as an introduction to geology as it relates to nature study in your own backyard or neighborhood. Read the information in the Handbook of Nature Study and share any facts or...

This post contains affiliate links - using affiliate links from HS Coffee Break helps fuel this blog. When everything seems to be going wrong, or when it all seems to be going crazy, my goal becomes to just make it to the end of the day. Just survive today's chaos before even thinking about what tomorrow will bring.There are times when that is all we can focus on. But God has so much more for me - for us - than just survival. I don't always think or pray that way though - do you?When Jesus contrasted his leadership as the...

Making the most out of the forgotten corners of our apartments was one good thing to come out of the pandemic. Photo: Jacob Snavely; courtesy of J Morris Design When the pandemic hit, no one was prepared for the long hours stuck at home, but especially not New Yorkers. We’re used to making do with cramped spaces used mostly for sleeping because most of our lives are spent at work, enjoying cultural events, eating out at new restaurants, staying up all night in the city that never sleeps! Carrie Bradshaw famously used her oven to store her clothing, not for...

About the BookBook: The Inn on Hanging HillAuthor: Christy BarrittGenre: Romantic MysteryRelease date: October, 2021Each house has a history. Each person has a secret. Each turn of events leads to danger.Lindsey Waters never wanted to return to the seaside inn where she grew up. Too many traumatic memories haunt the place, both from her childhood and from days gone by. But with guilt relentlessly chasing her after a tragic choice, she’s desperate for a fresh start.Mysterious incidents begin plaguing the inn—dangerous incidents—that make it clear someone wants to scare Lindsey away. But why? Does it have anything to do with the two weeks missing from...

This post contains affiliate links - using affiliate links from HS Coffee Break helps fuel this blog.  One word. Five minutes to write about it. This is the idea behind Five Minute Friday and this is today's free-writing post. stretch marks stretch out morning stretch ********************   The first thing I thought of when I saw this week's prompt - stretch marks. Well, I have my share of those and it's been over twenty years since my youngest child was born, so it's safe to say the stretch marks will be mine as long as I live. I remember that I talked...