Turn, Turn, Turn
A time to build up,
A time to break down,
A time to dance, A time to mourn,
A time to cast stones,
A time to gather stones together.
To everything, Turn, turn, turn,
There is a season,
Turn, turn, turn,
And a time to every purpose
Under heaven.
---Pete Seeger
Adapted from Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
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Category Archives: Guitar
Hey, Parents; Leave Those Kids Alone
Autonomy Fuels Kids’ Passion for Sports and Music Parents who want their children to discover a passion for music, sports, or other hobbies should follow a simple plan: Don’t pressure them. By allowing kids to explore activities on their own, … Continue reading
Posted in Approaches to Homeschooling, Autonomy, Family Life, Guitar, Homeschooling Boys, Middle School, Music, Soccer, Uncategorized, Young Adults
Tagged "Want Passionate Kids? Leave them alone", autonomy fuels passion, extracurricular activities, Geneviève Mageau, homeschooling music, homeschooling sports, Laura Grace Weldon, Michael Torrice, passion for music, passionate kids, process not product, The Talent Code, unschooling
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The Field Trip Not Taken
Today we’re not going on a field trip. We won’t be touring Appomattox Court House, where General Lee surrendered and America’s Civil War ended. We won’t be with our friends from our homeschool co-op. We won’t be punctuating our study … Continue reading
Posted in Elementary Grades, Family Life, Field Trips, Guitar, High School, History, Homeschooling Boys, Music, Road Schooling, South River Valley, This Day, Uncategorized, Virginia
Tagged discernment, doing too much, down-time homeschooling, extracurricular activities, historical field trips, homeschool co-ops, homeschooling and balance, homeschooling teens, learning history through field trips, musical homeschooler, musical inspiration, opting out, over-scheduled homeschooling, taking a day off, the homeschooling life, the road not taken, too busy homeschooler, too many activities
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Nick’s Gig with Corduroy Music
Nick will perform Saturday night at Corduroy Farm’s annual music party concert in Louisa County, along with the Robert Jospe Jazz Trio, Erin Lundsford and the Smoky Bandits (folk rock) and the Gold Top County Ramblers (bluegrass/newgrass). Starting around 7 … Continue reading
Posted in Guitar, Homeschooling Boys, Music, Virginia
Tagged Coduroy Farm, Corduroy Music, Erin Lundsford and the Smoky Bandits, Gold Top County Ramblers, Nick Faulconer, Nick Faulconer guitar, Nick Faulconer music, Nick Faulconer performance, raising a musical child, Robert Jospe Jazz Trio
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Side Porch Music
Rick was here in the mountains with us this weekend, and I talked him and Nick into a quick Fathers Day recording of “What Hurts the Most” on our side porch. Instead of using our old tape video camera, I … Continue reading
Posted in Family Life, Guitar, Homeschooling, Homeschooling Boys, Music
Tagged "What Hurts the Most" cover, Canon T2i video, father and son instrumental, fathers day, fiddle and guitar, mountain music, Nick Faulconer music, Nick Faulconer youtube, Virginia music, Virginia musicians, young musician
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Musikia: Nick’s Paris Debut
Our visit to Europe included sightseeing, of course. Some of it was personal, such as visiting my father-in-law’s World War II battle field and other WWII historic sights, which I wrote about here. Some of it was iconic, like our … Continue reading
Posted in Field Trips, Guitar, Music, Uncategorized
Tagged Americans in Paris, guitar store in Paris, Musikia
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