Wednesdays with Words: Good Frame of Heart
One of the best things about AmblesideOnline is that we’re always reading amazing things. I marked quotes this week to add to my commonplace book from such diverse reading as Madam How and Lady Why; Poor Richard; and Trial and Triumph. I decided to select the passage from Trial and Triumph. It seems best to go…
Revel Guest Post: Revel in Repetition by Mystie Winckler
I have known Mystie for years and years online. I first became aware of her old blog, A Healer’s Geste, through The CiRCE Institute’s Quiddity blog and Cindy’s when she was still at Dominion Family. I started commenting regularly and thus began a friendship I truly treasure. Mystie’s wisdom and humor are fantastic. We have…
The Simple Woman’s Daybook for April 27, 2015
For Today… April 27,2015 Outside my window… it looks like a foggy day without fog. I am thinking… about how the idea of “Be still” is related to “Cease striving” in different translations of the same verse. I am thankful… for the ability to ease into Monday morning when I have worn out children. I…
Dawn and Heather Read Together: Own Your Life (Chapter 3)
Oh, wow. This chapter totally hit me in my house. All my insecurities, my doubts of self-worth, my negative self perceptions. Every single negative thought and word in this chapter, plus some, I can name as mine. I bet I’m not the only one. I don’t mean this to be a pity-post, so we won’t…
Wednesdays with Words: Hanging Around Words
Another quote I collected from convention, this one referred to by Dr. Perrin in his talk on Latin. It fits beautifully with Wednesdays with Words and the idea Cindy originally began the linkup with … loving words and the fascinating ways they can be put together. I’m not saying loving words makes one a poet…
Keeping Company: Convention Notebooks
I wrote some about my convention notebook before in my HS Essentials Post. I thought I’d share more details about it for the Keeping Company in April I do love keeping this notebook year by year. I refer to it when determining talks I wish to attend. Many of the speakers present the same lectures…
The Simple Woman’s Daybook for April 20, 2015
For Today… April 13, 2015 Outside my window… it is that blue, not quite black of te start of night. I am thinking… that starting lessons up again is hard but worthwhile. I am thankful… for the ladies in my church. For my friend who kindly watches my kids when I have dental work done and pray for me….
Dawn and Heather Read Together: Own Your Life (Chapter 2)
This post is late because I was afraid of the topic after I read the epigraph from Leonardo da Vinci: You will never have a greater or lesser dominion than that over yourself … the height of a man’s success is gauged by his self-mastery; the depth of his failure by his self-abandonment … And…