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Hoppin’ and Soppin’ (Field Trip Part 4)
(click here for part 3) Following the art museum, we mosied (one can mosey in a town like Fayette) over to the Golden Eagle Syrup Manufacturing Plant. On the way, the Fayette natives pointed out a restaurant that I “just have to try” some time. I pointed out the “For Sale” sign over the door…
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He loved Jesus and America (Field Trip, Part 3)
(Click here for part 2) The folk art of Rev. Benjamin F. Perkins is also featured in Fayette’s art museum. I took art classes when I was a youngster and teen, but my mom only kept one of my paintings. It’s a runny watercolor of a sailboat before a bright red sunset. I was in…
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To Be an Artist (Field Trip, Part 2)
(Click here for Part 1) Our first stop was the Fayette Civic Center and Art Museum. First of all, the people working in the civic center/art museum were very kind, polite, welcoming, all the things you associate with southern hospitality. Our hostess had so many stories to tell — I didn’t want to leave. We…
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The First Field Trip, Part 1
I took the children on their first field trip Thursday. The coordinator for this trip called it, “Come to the Country.” She had a big day planned for all of us and a few surprises up her sleeve. She invited us to visit Fayette, AL. Pronounced “fyet,” for those of you who are saying “fayit”…
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The Three Uses of "We"
One more reason to love Sonlight: The Beam. This newsletter is always full of encouragement and helpful information. A little home school humor is thrown into the mix as well. I found the following bit just too good to keep to myself. My son told me that there are three uses for the word “we.”…
Leslie Wiggins 