The Pemberley Chronicles by Rebecca Ann Collins My rating: 3 of 5 stars Own on Kindle. A long time ago, maybe even before I owned a Kindle, Amazon was “selling for $0.00” Jane Austen books and some of the modern fan written sequels. I looked carefully at the reviews and chose a few including this…
FOR TODAY Outside my window… it’s sunshiny but rain is expected.I am thinking… about staring school in about 10 minutes.I am thankful… that Jason and I were able to attend the funeral of my friend’s (and his cousin’s) father.In the kitchen… spaghetti and meatballs in the crock pot! I’ll make it just before we leave…
Memory Work for the week of … : April 29, 2013 Bible: We began Colossians 3:12-17 last week and are continuing it for a while. It’s easier than the Philippians 2 verses we just finished. Catechism/Creed: M-girl continues to review. N-boy is on the last page! He’s close to being done, huzzah! R-girl is working…
FOR TODAY Outside my window… it’s dark. The sun has set. I am thinking… about the Reds game that’s on. Hope they beat the Cards tonight. I am thankful… for my niece who turned 5 yesterday. In the kitchen… breakfast for dinner: ricotta pancakes and bacon. Yum. I am wearing… jeans and short sleeved shirt. …
Cindy is hosting a Book Club discussing The Hidden Art of Homemaking by Edith Schaeffer. Please join us! Chapter 2 is an extension of Chapter 1, and a bit of a rebuke: do something! We’ve been reading The Christian Almanac at the table in the evenings. This chapter reminds me of a recent quote from…
Working within the variety and limits of a place reminded me of the following passage from Book 3 of Pride and Prejudice: “Elizabeth, as they drove along, watched for the first appearance of Pemberly Woods with some perturbation; and when at length they turned in at the lodge, her spirits were in high flutter. The…
The Devil on Lammas Night by Susan Howatch My rating: 3 of 5 stars Own. My friend Jane from the WTM forums kindly passed this book on to me. It is in a Book Club Edition with The Waiting Sands which I read and reviewed in 2011. I did not re-read The Waiting Sands this…
Well, we’ve had better weeks. But this one worked. We had two days of Circle Time. N-boy is working on the final section of catechism. R-girl is on the 7th and 8th Commandments. We’re learning The Church’s One Foundation – six verses! We added Colossians 3:12-17 for our new Bible memory (Put on …) We…