The Magic Apple Tree: A Country Year by Susan Hill My rating: 5 of 5 stars Own on Kindle. I loved this book. Fantastic. I loved the long thoughts on food, creatures, gardens, people season by season. I loved the lyrical language that stayed down to earth. This book almost made me want to garden…
FOR TODAY Outside my window…it’s dark. Because it’s night. Praising God…for a day when Jason could be home and relax a little. I am thinking…about writing this post. It’s been a long day and I’m tired. I am thankful…that I have the chance to serve in the nursery at church and train M-girl at the…
Well, we accomplished school work this week, but I still feel dissatisfied by the manner in which we completed the work. It was incredibly cold here at the beginning of the week so there was no outdoor play and no basketball practice because the schools were closed. We did regular school on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday,…
Amy has been doing Read Aloud Thursday for a long time and I participated some a while ago, but it looks like she’s switched to monthly, which is more my speed for participation, so I’m going to try again! It has been a slow Read-Aloud month for us. We’re reading during Circle Time and less…
Two realizations by characters from Perelandra, and a summing up. First, Ransom realizes that the patterns are there even when we can’t see them. All in a moment of time he perceived that what was, to human philologists, a mere accidental resemblance of two sounds, was in truth no accident. The whole distinction between things…
Perelandra by C.S. Lewis My rating: 4 of 5 stars I read this on Kindle. I liked this. I liked the story (not quite as well as Out of the Silent Planet, but so be it). It didn’t sustain my attention the whole time – maybe because from the beginning, I knew Ransom would return…
FOR TODAY Outside my window… the sun is starting to light the clouds aglow. Praising God… for a warm, dry home. I am thinking… starting our school day. I am thankful… for safety yesterday driving to church, my parents’ home, and our home. In the kitchen… sweet potato sausage hash was a delicious breakfast. Hoping…
Well, this wasn’t a great week overall, particularly compared with our first week. M-girl was sick Sunday through Tuesday, with lingering yuckiness on Wednesday. We didn’t do Circle Time any day this week. We only sort of did Science two days, instead of really on three. Jason had Monday off, but his day was spent…