Celeste asked us to share our favorite place of Commonplace Keeping. I love keeping a Commonplace for a couple of disparate reasons. First, I love keeping Words. If you’re new around here, you may not know that every Wednesday I post a linkup called “Wednesdays with Words.” Cindy Rollins graciously allowed me to take over…
FOR TODAY Outside my window… it is still quite dark. I am thinking… about calling up to the children who are still abed. I am thankful… for y extended family and the fun day we had yesterday; wish more of them could have been there! I am wearing… exercise clothes for pilates. I am creating… lesson plans for my kiddos….
Our week started out somewhat shaky. Monday morning, R-girl felt sick first thing. Oh, no. But she got it out of her system (literally) and was feeling her normal perky self by the afternoon. She was mad at me because I made her stay quiet in the afternoon, but I really didn’t want her to…
Periodicals: All editions of the CiRCE Magalog (I was cleaning out the paperwork and periodicals). I finished with the Classical Academic Press Catalog last night. Memoir/Biography: The Narnian by Alan Jacobs. This is really very good, I posted Words from this yesterday. Devotional: For the Love of God by D.A. Carson. I’m behind again after…
On Monday, I shared a quote from Alan Jacobs’ book The Narnian about Christianity being true myth and promised more today. I’m glad to be back into Jacobs’ biography of C S Lewis. I’m at a particularly exciting point: Lewis’ conversion to Christianity. We had seen how for his whole life, Lewis enjoyed myth. Here,…
FOR TODAY Outside my window… it’s still dark, although I can tell that it won’t be for long … the sky has that dark, navy blue color that shows the sun is almost ready to rise. There’s a dog barking and cars occasionally driving past. The city is starting to stir. I am thinking… about…
Last week we had two relatively solid days before the sickness descended. This week we had a mix of rather light days and a couple of solid days. I’m looking forward to next week and hoping for four really good days of lessons as it is our B week where Thursday is all car schooling,…
Amy at Crossing the Brandywine is hosting a new linkup for Handrcrafts in the Charlotte Mason tradition. This is one of the new parts added to our homeschool by going to AmblesideOnline. My mom was a good seamstress and enjoyed other needlework. My step mom is very creative and crafty. I would like the kids…
We have been reading through One Hundred and One Famous Poems after dinner. A poem or two goes quickly and sports has been extending bedtime till too late, so something quick has been lovely. We’ve liked some, disliked some, known some, been surprised by some. The exercise has been good, though. Last night, we read…