I’ve been thinking more about Waugh and my ambivalent reaction to books other than Brideshead Revisited. And I’m realizing that it isn’t much different than my reaction to other authors I’ve discovered when the first thing I...
“There is no guarantee that a child will choose to believe or want to live a Christian life later on. And we must not brainwash them in any way. It will be their choice. They need to know why and how the Christian faith is believed to be...
Recorded November 1, 2006.
Steven Riddle at Flos Carmeli has been posting recently about Daily Lit, a service that sends you a little bit of a book every day by email (or you can have it send only M-F or only M,W, F). They have a pretty good selection, though the library is...
Last night for whatever reason Bella was really having problems sleeping. She was obviously very tired and would drift off in our arms but immediately wake up and fuss every time we put her down. Dom and I were already tired and frustrated and...
I finished reading The Sword of Honour Trilogy a few weeks ago and couldn’t write a review because I was having a hard time deciding what I thought about the book. Now, I’ve had time to think and I still am unsure. But then again I seem...
I snapped these photos a while back. Bella helps Daddy make dinner. I’m not in the mood for smiling, mama. Isabella is clearly fascinated by the cooking process. Our future food critic. Note: We really don’t make a practice of holding...
Found this sweet blog post this morning from a homeschooling mom who’s been sick and enjoying time with her son. The passage that grabbed my attention: Throughout the whole week I kept remembering a conversation that I had shortly before I...
At long last, here are some of the pictures I took of Bella playing on the grass at Forest River Park. (Dom’s already posted them to his flickr page, but I thought I’d paste a few of my favorites here. For the complete set, follow the...
She’s starting to scootch, using her hands and feet to propel her in addition to the rolling. She loves wandering all over the living room, exploring the furniture, taking it all in. She’s also loving peek-a-boo, laughing and laughing...