Caryll Houselander on the Power of Children “Christ’s insistence on the power of children is very striking. Almost more than anything else in the Gospel it proves that in God’s eyes being something comes before doing something. He sets a little...
Monday October 31 Halloween, but the kids all did school work anyway. Everyone did a page of Miquon Math, Sophie also did a bit of MEP. Sophie and Bella did copywork. Anthony read to me and did copywork. Ben did his letters. Sophie read me Child’s...
Monday Oct 24 Bella has been reading Hans Christian Anderson. Also Roman Diary. And Letters from Father Christmas. Did math with the boys and Bella and then with Sophie. Bella and Sophie did copywork. Anthony read Little Bear to me and copied a...
Monday October 17 Began with sketching. Girls: math, copywork, Latin (Bella), French (Sophie), Child’s Geography (Sophie), Bella read aloud today’s epistle and I read the Gospel Boys: math Afternoon stories: Missee Lee (final chapter), Hero...
Sometimes you read something and it’s a great lightbulb clicking moment, suddenly something that’s been vaguely bothering you for years and years takes on a new clarity and makes sense in a completely satisfying way. Today it was this...
Even though I already wrote a long post about Hamilton as an American tragedy, it seems I still have thoughts about about the musical that need teasing out in writing. Thoughts about comparing Lin Manuel Miranda to Shakespeare and thoughts about the...
I tried a new recipe for the first time today. Actually two new recipes. I made whole wheat soul cakes and gluten free soul cakes. Both kinds turned out really well. I’ll put the explanation after the recipes because I noticed as I was looking...
