Views from the Farmstead

Life often imitates art and as I get ready to watch 24 on TV tonight, I thought about how the show has had 2 African-American presidents.  The creators in Hollywood are willing to let an African-American lead the country and the latest has very little experience outside of being the first president’s brother and a friend [...]

Homeschooling is a topic that everyone has an opinion about and more often than not they feel free to share their opinion with you – solicited or unsolicited. 

This weekend, I had the pleasure of being roped into a discussion about why we have chosen to homeschool our children, the oldest will enter Kindergarten in [...]