Two that go together from Karen Glass in Consider This. “The proper nourishment for a living mind — the only thing which will allow the mind to reach its full potential is a diet of ideas … appetizing and varied …” pg 69 “Everything that a person learns becomes a part of himself, and as…
FOR TODAY Outside my window… it’s still dark. But that dark that makes you know the sun shall soon be appearing over the edge of the horizon I am thinking… about Reveling in the Classics. I thought this was a great guest-post in my learning about reveling. Jennifer Dow at Expanding Wisdom did a great job!…
I am really, really excited about this month’s guest post. Jennifer Dow, who blogs at Expanding Wisdom has written about ‘Reveling in the Classics.’ A part of my vocation as a Classical Christian Educator is to teach my children to wrestle with and understand classic literature. I have learned -I keep learning- how my attitudes…
This week was odd. It started out wonderfully! We had a really good Monday, and accomplished everything we had planned. Including two science experiments about air pressure: water in a cup and a piece of paper and using suction cups. We also, finally, got to play outside a good portion of the day as the…
I have been reading Alan Jacobs’ excellent book, The Narnian, off and on for a year now. Actually, more off than on which is why I haven’t finished it. Don’t let that deter you, though, because it is really very good and very readable. Friday night, I had two and a half hours at basketball…
In the past month I’ve been thinking about Keeping and Not Keeping. Or perhaps rather, “Keepable” and “Not Keepable.” I am by nature a keeper. Mostly a keeper of things, I have many things that I’ve inherited or been given. There are a number of wedding gifts I can tell you today who gave them…
FOR TODAY Outside my window… the sun is rising. The clouds are rose pink and light orange and yellow. Lovely. I am thinking… about love as a verb; as a choice; as a means of bonding a people together. But neither the emotion nor the verb that has co-opted the Biblical meaning. I am thankful… for the faithful…
Before this week I would have written that I liked essentially everything about six weeks on, one week off routine. I found something I don’t like: the first week back. It is surprising how quickly good habits about doing lessons can go by the wayside with one week off. The week wasn’t terrible by any…
Karen Glass gets down to brass tacks in her chapter Choose You This Day, and the tacks fall right into place with what I considered about *revel* in February: Charlotte Mason’s conception of willing, or choosing, requires an object outside of self. No effort of choice is necessary to serve self–this we do naturally, and…
FOR TODAY Outside my window… there is a great deal of snow. I am thinking… about our next six weeks’ term. I am thankful… for a day all together yesterday. If worship must be canceled, at least we could spend the day together. I am wearing… exercise clothes; pilates to begin soon. I am creating… lists. I didn’t get…