“She was [a lady]. She had her own views about things, a lot different from ine, maybe … son I told you that if you hadn’t lost your head I’d have made you go read to her. I wanted you to see something about her–I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of…
We are reading The Chestry Oak by Kate Seredy during Whatchamacallit and I’m so invested in teh story. It hits all my personal wheel-houses – beautiful writing, WWII, parenting. I’m ready to cry almost every day it’s so amazing. Nana, the nanny to Prince Michael, has the most poetic way of speaking the most homey…
A year ago, I asked for book recommendations for my year of Attend! One of the books recommended was Crazy Busy by Kevin DeYoung. I started in in December. But, now, I’m thinking it is almost as perfect for my year of }pacify{. Can we really be at peace when our schedules are so chock full…
If you check out my Wordless Wednesday picture which is only from the last week of our Yuletide Session activities – and know that it is only representative and not complete – you’ll see why I am using the same quote I used on Monday’s Daybook post. Or perhaps you won’t. But I’m doing it…
Last week I had you all ready for another quote from Norms and Nobility. Then, I was reading from Nancy Guthrie’s Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus, and found a quote I’ll probably use at some time because, whew, it’s dense with meaning and beautiful. But also long. Then, my copy of A Handbook to Morning Time…
I am going to, once again, attempt to join an online book club. To join a book club reading Norms and Nobility. Phew. This time, though I’m reading with a group on the AO Forum led by Karen Glass. The schedule is rather slow: one section – maybe two – per week – over the…
I recently rewatched Andrew Pudewa’s master class “Fairy Tales and the Moral Imagination” in Read-Aloud Revival Membership. I’ve heard this talk a number of times now and it never fails to impress. This time, I heard this: “The rewards of sin is that you get what you want.” Andrew Pudewa and I thought that there…
We are two chapters from the end of The Singing Tree, the sequel to The Good Master by Kate Seredy. The Good Master was a little more fun with happy stories about managing a family and farm in Hungary. This book, while also quite good, is more involved with events of the day – well, of…
I’m belatedly preparing to lead Bible Study this morning, and reading through the lesson in Francis Breisch’s excellent text, The Ministry of Christ, I had a question answered that I kinda always had. We’re currently studying the portion in Acts where Paul casts out the demon in the slave girl who is forced to tell…