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Archive: June 2018

Learning Notes Week of June 25

On Sunday after Mass we went to the cub scouts crossing over ceremony where the boys moved up to their new ranks. Monday June 25 Ben: math, copywork, Explode the Code Anthony: math, copywork, Child’s History Sophie: math, copywork, dictation...

Reading Notes May 2018

1. Cold Days by Jim Butcher Number 14 in the Dresden Files series. In which Harry becomes the Winter Knight and learns some big things and doesn’t get killed. Finally some more Demonreach payoff. And more big answers about fairies. I really liked...

Our Better Angels: Rhetoric and Human Dignity

Just a few things I’ve stumbled across in recent weeks, I’m not sure if it really makes sense to stick them all together. But I keep thinking about human dignity and about how the way we speak can tear down or build up the dignity of...

World’s End Picnic, June 2018

Last Friday (June 15) we went for a hike and picnic lunch at one of my favorite favorite places. I wrote up a reflection at the end of the day. Might as well share it with some photos. I love going on hikes like this, always wonder why I don’t...

Learning Notes Week of June 11

Monday June 11 Everyone did math and copywork. Playdate with friends. Stories: Son of Charlemagne, St Benedict Hero of the Hills, Story of the World, North with the Spring. Bedtime story: Lost Lake by Allen Say Tuesday June 12 I had a doctor’s...

Beet and Carrot Curry

Dom and the boys went to a cub scout cooking event on Friday. They went with ingredients to make stew and inexplicably came back with a five pound bag of carrots. So today I made carrot cake and a carrot and beet curry. Ingredients 1 onion, diced 4...

When the Holy Child Knocks

In Green Dolphin Street, Elizabeth Goudge’s novel set partly in the Channel Islands in the 1830s there’s a marvelous scene in which a young girl meets an elderly nun which illustrates the power of intercessory prayer in a powerful and poetic way...

Learning Notes Week of June 4

Monday June 4 Anthony: math, copywork, reading. Sophie: math, copywork, poetry recitation. Bella: math, copwork, Latin, composition (writing down one of their Star Wars games, the story of a character that she made up: Darth Maul’s personal service...

Drinking with Gods, Part 2: Beer with Odin

In which I return to Dresden Files #15, Skin Game, to look more closely at a couple of scenes. The usual disclaimers apply. I do nothing to avoid spoilers in my close readings of these novels and if you will be bothered at the revelation of major...

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