“Lines for the Tomb” by Bella When Bella was quite little she made a series of pictures of Jesus in the tomb and of the crucifixion. (I wrote about it previously here.) The first was painted when she was maybe four or five? We didn’t caption it at...
“But why the passion? Why pain and suffering? Is God so vindictive that he must inflict pain and suffering on those who follow him? The answer lies not in God’s will but in the world in which we live and try to follow his will...
The aged Christmas tree on the patio is festooned once again with icicles. The snow on the roof is in full sun and is melting and dripping off the eaves. The melt falls onto the tree, which stands mostly in the shade, only the tip top where the star...
Sally Thomas shared an interesting essay, “Nostalgia for a Life Never Lived and The Work of Rumer Godden” by Olena Jennings. As the title suggests, the author is nostalgic for the feeling she had when she first read Rumer Godden as a teenager. I’m...
Monday March 19 Everyone did math and copywork. Ben did Explode the Code and all of last week’s troubles had melted away. He did a whole page, reading sentence after sentence, and was dancing around declaring joyfully that reading is fun. I’m...
Three snippets from my reading this week, two online and one in a book I stumbled across at the library. They really wanted to speak together. So, here they are. 1. On Poetry and Archiving This first is a quirky little piece that’s half...
Monday March 12 Took Sophie and Anthony to the doctor for physicals. Bella did Latin while we were gone and math and copywork after we got back. When we got back Ben did math and copywork. Sophie did math and copywork. Anthony did math and copywork...
What word lies at the heart of the world? A Bright Smoke, Cold Fire Notable Moment: Runajo and Juliet in the Sunken Library Before I begin to dive into Endless Water, Starless Sky I feel I need to first do some digging at the first novel, Bright...
Caveat Lector: Warning the following blog post contains lots of spoilers for the Dresden Files series. If you don’t want any of the books spoiled, then don’t read any further. After I finished reading Changes I needed someone to talk about it with...
Monday March 5 Started the day as refugees at my sister-in-law’s house. We had breakfast, packed our bags, and left by about 11. Drove home, had lunch, kids tidied up the toys and clothes that had been left scattered since Friday night. Then they...
