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We're Jacqueline and Randy, a blogging duo with backgrounds in tech, robots, art, and writing now raising our family in northern Idaho.

Our goal is to encourage deliberate choices, individual responsibility, and lifelong curiosity by sharing stories about our adventures in living, loving, and learning.

Learn more about us.

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Did you know a group of owls is called a parliament?

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Motherhood, Children, and Opportunity Cost

You always choose to do some things at the cost of others. When it comes to having children, the costs can be large—but so can the benefits. How can mothers balance their conflicting values and choices?
oregan grape flowers

Learning to Identify Local Wildflowers

I want to know what grows around me. I hope to learn edible and medicinal plants. And learning flowers builds a connection with the place I live!

Book Review: The Battle of the Classics by Eric Adler

Why bother with a humanities education? Arguably, the humanities are not instrumental to earning a living or getting ahead. In this book, Adler argues the case of the classics: why, regardless of utility, the humanities are as important to education as they ever have been.
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Announcing My Candidacy for Mayor of Post Falls

I'm running for major because I want my children and grandchildren to grow up here and enjoy the same quality of life we do today. This means prudent stewardship, prioritizing families, and a positive vision for the city.
Leavenworth, Washington, a Bavarian themed downtown Main Street with people walking along the street in the sunshine and cars parked along the edges of the road

5 Books Every City Councilor and Engaged Citizen Should Read

You want your city to be a better place. Whether you are an elected official, or getting involved as a citizen, you need ideas for what's possible and actionable steps to take you there. These books can help!
a white domed building in the classical style at MIT

How to Evaluate the Fit of a Graduate Program

You're applying to graduate school. But how do you know which graduate program to pick? What factors should you consider? How do you weigh your options?

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Did you know a group of owls is called a parliament?

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We're Jacqueline and Randy, a blogging duo with backgrounds in tech, robots, art, and writing, now raising our family in northern Idaho.

Our goal is to encourage deliberate choices, individual responsibility, and lifelong curiosity by sharing stories about our adventures in living, loving, and learning.

Learn more about us.


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A Blog About Education, Lifestyles, and Community

A brief history of how the Deliberate Owl came to be and why we're writing a blog about us, our lives, and how we're living out our values.
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Discovering the Traditional Catholic Mass

How I discovered the traditional Latin Mass a few years ago, why that discovery changed everything for me, and what was wrong with the Novus Ordo Masses I'd attended.