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Bonjour!
Today’s Table Traveller recipe was inspired by the movie Ratatouille and from when I ate Ratatouille on our holiday in Paris. I wanted to eat it since I’d seen the movie, and be able to say I’d had it! We had lunch on our first day in Paris in a little cafe beside Notre Dame. We didn’t take a photo of it but I really loved it so Mum and I made it today.
Hallo!
It’s been a while since our last Table Trip but now the holidays are over we’re back into it!
Today we made Olliebollen which is a type of Dutch donut but we thought they tasted pretty much like normal donuts. We decided to make them because of a photo that friend of ours posted when they were in the Netherlands on holiday and we thought they looked pretty good.
Continue reading “Table Travellers – Week 8”
Over the years as different issues have arisen, I’ve sought out different counsellors to help work some things through. Why? because it’s sensible when you’ve come to the end of what you know, to get outside input… sometimes life throws curving curling issues at you – and sometimes several at once.
Continue reading “Don’t Stay Stuck”
*Shalom! שלום
Taryn writes: Over the last few days we read the book of Esther because we knew that Thursday this week is the celebration of Purim. The Jewish calendar is different to ours but the Bible does sometimes give us dates of certain events which can be figured out! Purim which is when God helped Queen Esther free her people from Haman’s evil plan to wipe out all the Jews. Esther is one of my favourite books of the Bible because her bravery is so inspiring!
Continue reading “Table Travellers – Week 6”
This year our little art ‘room’ has 15 participants who range in age between 10-16. It’s the biggest and most diverse group in terms of age I’ve had. Sometimes I find the choosing of projects daunting but need to remember I have an existing list of ideas longer than we could achieve in 3 lifetimes and to just chill. I’m not a teacher – which has pros and cons – but I love the experience of achievement, satisfaction and outright pleasure that comes with completing something where you’ve learned/enjoyed the process and its outcome. I equally love watching that happen with these kids.
Continue reading “2019 H.S. art project: 1”
“I think women like Amelia Earhart and Susan B. Anthony are very good role models for women and girls because they didn’t just sit around wishing things were different, they actually got up and did something”
Taryn McEwan age 10
I have been thinking a lot about the difference and overlap between the need for redemption and the need for forgiveness.
The transaction at that fateful tree, transferred the birthright of all Eves children from the Kingdom of Light, to the Kingdom of Darkness when she believed and acted on the persuasions of an upstart Prince – over the presence, blessing and promises of the King of All.
Continue reading “It is for freedom”
Answers from Miss 9. Cute and informative. We are watched!
WITHOUT prompting, ask your child these questions and write EXACTLY what they say about you.
Continue reading “A quiz for your kids about you”
“”Presque vu” from French, meaning “almost seen” is the tip of the tongue phenomenon, in which you know that you know something, but can’t quite recall it.
“Jamais vu” is the feeling that something familiar appears strange and unfamiliar. It is the opposite of “déjà vu”, which is the feeling of familiarity that occurs in an unfamiliar/new context.”
VSP 🙂
A very angry friend once said to me “Is the word ‘encouragement’ even in your vocabulary?”
I was floored.
Continue reading “Hurt but Helped”