FOR TODAY Outside my window…it’s sunny, blue skies, and cold. Praising God…for the testimony at our church last night from a man visiting from the Dominican Republic where our church does an English Camp each summer. I am thinking…about starting lessons. Late. Again. I am thankful…that Jason and the children had a great time geocaching…
It was a weird short-but-long week here. Jason had Monday “off”, so we try to do lighter days so we can see Daddy. He ended up working from home, but we still went very light. All we did was Latin – we started chapter 2 of Latin for Children. Jason had to use up some…
Howards End Is on the Landing: A Year of Reading from Home by Susan Hill My rating: 4 of 5 stars Inter-Library Loan because my library doesn’t have it. I wish I owned it, wish I could even get it on Kindle. I loved this book from the beginning, or even from before starting it. …
I’m reading Howard’s End is on the Landing. I got it via Inter Library Loan because my library doesn’t have it. I’m starting to think it’s a book I’d like to copy whole – I want all the book lists she recommends, even with her dislove of Jane Austen. I’m enjoying the book greatly, and…
FOR TODAY Outside my window…I hear birds chirping and it seems warmer, but I don’t think it actually is. Praising God…for our church family. Sometimes being in a transient area is hard with friends moving in and out, but we are so thankful for the friends we’ve made who live and will live all over…
We had three solid days of school this week. We had errands to run on Monday and they took almost all day. N-boy was sick on Thursday so we missed our Art with Friend Valentine’s Day party and watched Carmen Sandiego, Liberty’s Kids, Wild Kratts, and Magic School Bus all day. I was disappointed to…
When the Sirens Wailed by Noel Streatfeild My rating: 4 of 5 stars We read this book as a lead-up to our Narnia studies because the Pevensie children were evacuated in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. The Clark children are evacuated at the beginning of World War II. The book goes through the…
Why Shoot a Butler? by Georgette Heyer My rating: 4 of 5 stars Read on Kindle. This was a Kindle deal last week, and I like Heyer and have only previously read and enjoyed one of her mysteries (Envious Casca), so I thought I’d give it a try. I’m glad I did. A fun traipse…
Last week Amazon offered one of Georgette Heyer’s mysteries as the deal of the day, and I couldn’t resist. I started it and have quickly gotten excited about it. I was thinking I wouldn’t have a quote this week, but lo and behold, a wonderful quote showed up. Sir Humphrey, after the manner of book-lovers,…