Monday August 21 Bella did a bit of math and some copywork. She mostly wanted to read and to talk about books. She told me a bit about Fr Marquette. Sophie did some math, got frustrated with copywork and gave up. Boys were too busy helping Grandad...
“Let us take a loaf of bread. It is the product of climate, soil and the work of the farmer, merchant and baker. If it were our intention to extol the forces that concurred in producing a loaf of bread, we would have to give praise to the sun...
Is there any affliction now endured by mankind that was not endured by our fathers before us? What sufferings of ours even bear comparison with what we know of their sufferings? And yet you hear people complaining about this present day and age...
Sunday was our 12th wedding anniversary, so we took the whole family out to brunch after Mass. For dinner I made moussaka and a yummy blueberry lemon cake. Monday August 14 Bella did Latin, math (Khan Academy and multiplication flashcards)...
Sunday August 6 Sunday afternoon we went to see a community theater Shakespeare in the Park production of The Merchant of Venice. We took a picnic dinner and bought ice cream there. The children all loved the play, their first experience of live...
1. Really wanting something and thinking you will die if you can’t have it is not the same thing as actually being in danger of dying if you don’t get it. Even if you’re pregnant. 2. Really wanting something and thinking you will die if you...
Monday July 31 Bella had a cup of coffee this morning and was very focused and energetic. She did a few lines of cursive copywork. She did several math lessons in Khan Academy. She copied out a paragraph from Pigeon Post. She set up a new Latin...
Assault Edna St. Vincent Millay I had forgotten how the frogs must sound After a year of silence, else I think I should not so have ventured forth alone At dusk upon this unfrequented road. I am waylaid by Beauty. Who will walk Between me and the...
I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people...
In my reading notes for July I noted how every time my friend’s Facebook query for favorite saint quotes popped up on my screen, I had a strong persistent vision of myself taking a particular book off the shelf in the living room. Five or six...
