Alan Jacobs’ The Narnian is fascinating. Jacobs is going through Lewis’ life trying to determine his thought-life from writings, letters, and biographies. Lewis’ first published work, Spirits in Bondage, was a book of poetry inspired by his participation in The Great War – and before he was a Christian (though baptised and confirmed as a…
FOR TODAY Outside my window… the ground and the sky are the same color of white. Praising God… for His Word. Ps 119. I am thinking… about making breakfast. I am thankful… my wonderful husband has the day off. In the kitchen… the refrigerator stuff is in coolers and the refrigerator is dying a slow…
Our first week of the 2014 Academic Year is done. It started out rough. Thursday was, by far, our best day. For a first week, though, I was encouraged. Cindy wrote about The Return of Routine, and if you haven’t read it you should. We had some really rough patches to work through on that…
I love GoodReads. There are so many ways to use it! I, mostly, use it to track my current reading and write reviews. You can catalog your library. You can keep your TBR list. It can be used very socially …. I do like seeing what others are reading. You can win free books (I…
On Monday I promised I would post our Assignment Sheet and Organizational Chart System. Remember that we have a nine day, Two-Week cycle. Week A is 5 days and we do History lessons and assigned Science reading. Week B is 4 days and we do Science lessons with assigned History Readings. This schedule worked well…
I finished Out of the Silent Planet by Lewis yesterday and fully intended to post some quotes from it that I faithfully annotated on my Kindle. And, then, I started Alan Jacobs‘ book The Narnian, and all my plans flew out the window because the introduction is that good. First of all, Jacobs -an academic-…
Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis My rating: 4 of 5 stars Kindle book. I am not generally an SF reader, but I have determined to read Lewis and about Lewis in 2014, got the his space trilogy for free on Kindle and hadn’t read them. I’m glad I read it. Lewis wrote…
Before the start of 2014, this is what I thought was going to work. It is very similar to what was working at the end of our 2013 Academic Year. I think I will need to make some minor changes, though. Move lunch earlier – noon instead – make the afternoon session go to 2:30…
FOR TODAY the first day of school!Outside my window…is a wet, grey, January day. At least it isn’t as blustery. Praising God…that He makes all things beautiful in time … and that His mercies are new every morning. I am thinking…I need some of those mercies for tomorrow. I am thankful…for the ability to educate…