The Bibliovore's Wife

Welcome to the first post in what will be something quite different from what I’ve done over the last few years of posting to this blog and to The Renaissance Biologist! Taking a cue from Write Useful Books , I would like to use at least the few months of 2025, or however long it takes, to share with you live-ish updates on my process for writing a book that’s been on my heart for a few years. As you might have gathered from hints in 2023 and 2024, the Bibliovore and I constitute a pair of neurodivergent (or nearly neurodivergent) adults and parents. Because of that, our parenting and interaction styles are likely different from many in the general population. The book, on neurodivergent (ND) parenting and CM-style home education, is an expression of that. I hope it will help you if you (1) think you’re ND, (2) know you’re ND, and/or (3) are married to someone ND.  Specifically, the book will look at ways to incorporate the ND into parenting and education from a Christian perspecti...

Depending on the time of life, this post's topic is either my favorite or my least favorite! Grammar and composition, specifically in English, was my least favorite subject growing up and being homeschooled--but it has grown enough so that I was able and happy to use it in part-time work for several years during college, in the academic resource centers at two different institutions. Because I didn't  like it when I was going through the childhood-era education years, I'm putting this post toward the end of my homeschooling-thoughts series. You can check out previous posts in the series here:  health education ,  life sciences ,  history ,  geography , math , and foreign language . Here's a related tidbit about my upcoming book: one of the later chapters will address how neurodiverse parents can address practical skills instruction if they're not necessarily strong in those skills themselves. In parents with autism spectrum disorder, language skills can be impai...