We Gather Together We gather together to ask the Lord’s blessing; He chastens and hastens His will to make known. The wicked oppressing now cease from distressing. Sing praises to His Name; He forgets not His own. Beside us to guide us, our God with us joining, Ordaining, maintaining His kingdom divine; So from the…
I read two Georgette Heyer books this week: The Black Moth and False Colours. The Black Moth by Georgette Heyer My rating: 4 of 5 stars Own. I didn’t know this was her first book when I read it. I liked it. I liked the multiple story lines weaving in and out of one another. …
We enjoy our Yuletide Session. This week, for Thanksgiving, we’re mostly off. No school except piano practice & lesson. (Here are our plans and thoughts from 2010, 2011, and evidently nothing from 2012!) Starting Friday, we’re going to read The Handel’s Messiah Family Advent Reader. I must find the CD, though I have some suppositions…
FOR TODAY Outside my window… it’s c-c-c-cold. Like 26* cold. [brrrr] I am thinking… about Yuletide Session Plans. I hope to post them this week seeing as they start on Sunday. I am thankful… for a time of Thanksgiving in our cultural consciousness. That a day is still set aside is a blessing. In the…
We’re done! Our 2013 Academic Year finished today. Hooray! Yippee! It was a tough week, I won’t lie. We did a pretty good job getting school work accomplished, but maybe not as good as I might have hoped. We finished our science book in the car. We read about caves and the Grand Canyon. Earlier…
This week, I have two more quotes from Wolf Hall. I am enjoying it greatly, but reading it slowly. One of the quotes would be better suited to go with last week’s “Beneath every history, another history.” Is a woman bound to wifely obedience, when the result will be to turn her out of the…
Treasures of the Snow by Patricia St. John My rating: 4 of 5 stars Own. Sister recorded as audio-book for the children. We enjoyed listening to this book as a family. Please excuse any errors I make in spelling names. The story of Lucien, Annette, and Danny was compelling and well told. The thoughts and…
We accomplished a sufficient amount for a three day week. Daddy was home on Monday for Veteran’s Day! We purchased a tree for the front yard, so happy to have it accomplished after many years. We enjoyed being together as a family. I found a free worksheet (shh) about Veteran’s Day and its origins from…