I always thought I started blogging here at ladydusk on May 20. I meant to say something this year, but, as usual, I’m belated. I went to the archives this morning and see that I was off by a month! I started blogging April 20. [sigh] No head for dates, you’d never guess I like…
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen My rating: 5 of 5 stars Own. I love Mansfield Park. It is my favorite Austen, which I know makes me an anomaly with those who cry at Fanny’s “dullness” and “prudish perfections.” Yet, I think Austen makes it clear that while Fanny has excellencies of character and mind, her…
Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls My rating: 4 of 5 stars Library. This was our May book club selection, and while I won’t be able to attend the discussion I still wanted to read the book. I enjoyed it quite a bit, as Lily Casey Smith reminds me quite a bit of my grandmother…
We enjoyed a “light” week with a Monday out and about, Thursday off for Bible study, and field day at my mom’s school today. We got plenty done, but it felt (school-wise) a little more laid-back (sports-wise, that wasn’t the case!) Phonics: R-girl: read a couple of lessons from OPG. I noted, today, that she…
Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield Fisher My rating: 5 of 5 stars Library. What a great book! We read this aloud and the lessons Betsy learns, the approaches the different adults take, the feeling the reader gets from the characters is well balanced, interesting, and beautiful. Betsy’s growth and improvement over the course of the…
FOR TODAY Monday, May 7, 2012 Outside my window… it is cool and the birds are singing.I am thinking… about what new elections in Greece and France will mean.I am thankful… In the kitchen… lasagnaI am wearing… denim shorts, green shirt, and OBX hoodie I am creating… nothing right now. I am going… to try…
First, can I please say that I’m astounded that it is May?! How these months have flown! We had a good week and accomplished a lot. We finally finished studying Anatomy in the God’s Design for Science Human Body book. It is good to have that accomplished. We’ve been very busy with soccer and baseball…
The Story of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting My rating: 3 of 5 stars Own. We finished The Story of Doctor Dolittle this evening. It was a pleasant read aloud and we enjoyed the story. Don’t know whether we’d read others in the series, or just let the children read them on their own. The…