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Using Scripture for Copywork
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Using Scripture for Copywork

Bydawn August 2, 2018January 18, 2021

We’ve done a lot of copywork in our homeschool. My kids all taught themselves how to print before I taught them to write, so we used Cursive First for our writing program. It corrected a lot of their printing issues, which was great. They copied some random things until M-girl was third grade or so….

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Book Review: Murder in the Cathedral by T.S. Eliot
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Book Review: Murder in the Cathedral by T.S. Eliot

Bydawn July 26, 2018January 18, 2021

I like my cover better than the one GoodReads assigned Murder in the Cathedral by T.S. Eliot My rating: 5 of 5 stars Own. I’ve never read any Eliot before and reading this does not dissuade me from reading more. I loved this. I didn’t get most or all of it, I’m sure, but the…

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Book Review: Jacob’s Room is Full of Books by Susan Hill

Bydawn July 22, 2018January 18, 2021

Jacob’s Room is Full of Books: A Year of Reading by Susan Hill My rating: 4 of 5 stars Own. I’ve enjoyed Hill’s memoirs, although my favorite is, I think, The Magic Apple Tree. These bookish ones are both very readable and she mixes in so many ideas from the world at large. This one,…

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The Simple Woman’s Daybook for July 16, 2018
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The Simple Woman’s Daybook for July 16, 2018

Bydawn July 16, 2018January 18, 2021

For Today… Looking out my window … it’s been rainy and now will just be hot and humid. I am thinking … about some upcoming blog posts – adding to my scaffolding series and one on the “riches.” I am thankful … for the Set Your Feet Retreat and how well it went last week…

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Comparison, Worry, and Fear

Bydawn July 7, 2018January 18, 2021

[This post is a devotional I wrote for a baby shower. I hope it’s an encouragement to you.]  One of the biggest struggles I faced as a new mom was wanting to do everything exactly right and being certain I’d do everything exactly wrong. This self-doubt led only to comparison, worry, and fear. I compared…

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The Simple Woman’s Daybook for June 18, 2018
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The Simple Woman’s Daybook for June 18, 2018

Bydawn June 19, 2018January 18, 2021

For Today… Looking out my window … it’s getting dark. I heard a rumble of thunder a bit ago – hope it cools things off overnight. I am thinking … about Mason’s three tools actually, I’m stewing about my son’s baseball game tonight and how adults ruin things for kids. I am thankful … that he’s…

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Book Review: How the Irish Saved Civilization by Thomas Cahill

Bydawn June 16, 2018January 18, 2021

How the Irish Saved Civilization by Thomas Cahill My rating: 3 of 5 stars Own. I’m going to actually give it 3.5 because the first half of the book was so good. I started this on the beach and read for about 4 hours straight (ish) what with watching kids and people and dogs thrown…

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Book Review: Beowulf Translated by Burton Raffel

Bydawn June 13, 2018January 18, 2021

Beowulf by Unknown My rating: 5 of 5 stars A friend of mine loaned me her copy of Burton Raffel’s translation of Beowulf. I’d been listening to Seamus Heaney’s Beowulf with my kids and was surprised by the Christian themes I heard. My friend thought the introductory essay in this edition was worth reading and…

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The Simple Woman’s Daybook for June 4, 2018
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The Simple Woman’s Daybook for June 4, 2018

Bydawn June 5, 2018January 18, 2021

For Today… Looking out my window … the sun has gone to bed and so must I. Soon. I am thinking … scaffolding, personhood, paideia, Irish civilization, the Ideal Type. Something’s bound to bump into something else up there. I am thankful … for a wonderful vacation with my wonderful inlaws. One of my favorite…

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Book Review: Sit by Deborah Ellis

Bydawn May 30, 2018January 18, 2021

Sit by Deborah Ellis My rating: 4 of 5 stars I sat to read Sit by Deborah Ellis while watching the kids – my kids and my nephews – playing blissfully in the pool while on vacation. While I would never say that sadness, hardship, or even violence have never touched their teen and pre-teen…

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