I am really, really excited about this month’s guest post. Jennifer Dow, who blogs at Expanding Wisdom has written about ‘Reveling in the Classics.’ A part of my vocation as a Classical Christian Educator is to teach my children to wrestle with and understand classic literature. I have learned -I keep learning- how my attitudes…
Oh dear, this is what I was afraid would happen. Not much has changed, but some has. Periodicals: CiRCE Magalog and the new Classical Academic Press Catalog came yesterday. I also have a new Great Courses catalog that I will attempt not to drool on. Memoir/Biography: The Narnian by Alan Jacobs. I’ve gotten to the…
In Chapter 1 of Consider This, Karen Glass writes about Charlotte Mason and her development as a Educational Philosopher. The reader might not think a chapter such as this would hold nuggets of philosophy to consider. The reader would be wrong. Glass shows from Mason’s own writings how she was able to read widely, delve…
Well, I owe many of you an apology. I didn’t make it to any of your posts in the last week and this week has rolled around again. I know that was one of the best things Cindy did when she began and hosted WwW; comments and consideration of your ideas all around. I will…
I’ve long enjoyed Mary Stewart’s gothic romances. I purchased and read a lot of them around the time I was in high school, and have occasionally revisited them. Several of the Hive’s 52 Books in 52 Weeks group recently picked up The Ivy Tree and some struggled with it. Because it is one of the…
I finished the currently published St. Cyr books and began a new to me Georgette Heyer book – The Reluctant Widow – that is rather more delving into human nature than I generally associate with her books. A few quotes: “There are some men, ma’am, who have such twisted natures that they cannot see virtue…
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O’Brien My rating: 3 of 5 stars Own. We read this as a family over the past several months. All of us enjoyed it pretty well. We found a lot to discuss in this book: stealing, learning, dangers, friendships, service to others. We had some…
We finished Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH last week. While it wasn’t the favorite readaloud we’ve done, all of us did enjoy the book. I was particularly interested in how the rats furthered their education. The reading we did! We knew very little about the world, you see, and we were curious. We…
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