Thus, my current blog can no longer be Iframed in place of the ancient, amateur Sincerely Amanda template. I haven't blogged here in ages, and the feeling must be akin to that of opening a door that has rusted shut.
For now, I might just leave my HSB blog here as a monument to the cheery memories of Homeschool Blogger's Golden Age (not to sound too dramatic...I've wanted to pin historical labels to everything recently). HSB is in a happy and successful age right now, and it is the best place for homeschoolers to get a head start in the world wide web. But I still remember how exciting it was when the website first took off; word got out and membership surged. It was a new frontier that has since been well settled, acquiring all the marvelous diplomatic skirmishes associated with prosperity, and fostering creativity that has spurred some of its maturing members to venture off to start colonies of their own (I just can't hide the historian in myself, can't I?).
Here is a report of my adventures (the following is material gathered from pages of my professional website, www.amandaread.com):
 You may simply call me a writer, the eldest of the 8 (going on 9) Read children – many of which you will find roaming about the blogosphere. A 19 year old Christian homeschool graduate, I have been Classically educated through the teaching principles of Charlotte Mason. I have been a military child ever since I can remember, toured the nation and the world, and upon my father’s retirement from the U.S. Army, my family and I have been shaping our new land into a homestead known as Fair Hills Farm.
In 2004, my mother discovered the fascinating history of Dr. Harvey W. Wiley and the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906. After years of researching and writing, I completed a full length historical drama screenplay titled The Crusading Chemist in March 2008 and recently completed a revision of it. I am now a college student majoring in History and minoring in Political Science at Jacksonville State University and in between studying, working on literary and art projects and living big family farm life I hope to maintain a quest for truthful research through Luke Historians and Not Just An Opinion. My constant prayer is to glorify the LORD far beyond my finite imagination!
Blogging Since: January 2006
Read my philosophy of Blogging.
Amanda Read is a self-taught artist that developed her skills primarily through nature journaling.
Amanda Read is the author of the historical/biopic/drama screenplay, The Crusading Chemist. She is the Worldview/News columnist for The Cross-Eyed Blog and Webzine, and a regular columnist and contributor for The Girlhood Home Companion Magazine. In September 2008 she wrote the e-book, Keeping The Family Flock: A Primer On Keeping Chickens. In September 2009, the e-book The Modesty Handbook presented by Cross-Eyed Blog and Webzine was released, in which some of her writings are featured. Miss Read is also Editor in Chief of the online fact database, Not Just An Opinion and founder of the Christian historical journalist society Luke Historians.
MAY GOD RICHLY BLESS ALL OF YOU,
~Amanda Read~
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