Subjected to Futility

I scooped up the dead kitten on the same day that I heard of a friend’s death. As I carried it on the shovel, I felt a deep sense of futility. Why had the Lord allowed the kitten to even be born? What had my friend’s life amounted to after countless struggles with addiction andContinue reading “Subjected to Futility”

Catalytic Converter

Yesterday, someone asked me if I was a teacher or a student. As a home educator, I can proudly answer, “Both!”

The kids and I did a science experiment this week that still has the wheels of my brain turning. In Jay Wile’s Science in the Industrial Age, he details the life and work of Jons Jakob Berzelius. In addition to exploring chemical formulas, denatured proteins, and organic chemicals, we also learned about catalysts.

Our experiment explored the behavior of a catalyst….