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Archive: January 2017

A fairer House than Prose

I dwell in Possibility by Emily Dickinson I dwell in Possibility – A fairer House than Prose – More numerous of Windows – Superior – for Doors – Of Chambers as the Cedars – Impregnable of eye – And for an everlasting Roof The Gambrels of the Sky –...

Please pray with me

My Uncle Paul, my mom’s oldest brother, is in the hospital now. He went in on Thursday for pain management and it seems that his cancer has spread rapidly. He is in considerable pain, and his condition is deteriorating. Please keep him in your...

Learning Notes Week of January 23

Monday January 23 Bella really wanted to read to Lucy but Lucy first wanted to draw a picture of our house and the backyard. When Lucy was done with her picture and Bella had done math, Bella read Lucy several Beatrix Potter books. Everyone did a...

A Living Armoury?

The Dead Crab by Andrew Young A rosy shield upon its back, That not the hardest storm could crack, From whose sharp edge projected out Black pin-point eyes staring about; Beneath, the well-knit cote-armure That gave to its weak belly power; The...

I Shall Wear Midnight

Justice, Mercy, and Understanding in I Shall Wear Midnight

Terry Pratchett’s five Tiffany Aching novels, a subseries of his Discworld fantasy novels, are written for a younger audience. The heroine, Tiffany, is nine at the beginning of the first book and ages about two years between volumes, being in her...

Learning Notes Week of January 16

Monday January 16 Sophie is copying an Emily Dickinson poem, Volcanoes be in Sicily; she did a page in Miquon math. She read to me from her geography and did a Duolingo lesson. Ben did part of a page of MEP and some Miquon too. A page in his letter...

The Wine-Dark Sea is Twelve!

Lissa at the Bonny Glen is celebrating and reminds me that our blogs share a birthday. Today I didn’t have time to think of writing much because we were out of the house most of the day celebrating a different birthday, that of Lucy’s...

Learning Notes Week of January 9

Monday January 9 Anthony did a page in Miquon, read me St Mary of Egypt, and did a line of copywork. Ben did a page of Miquon, a page in his letters workbook, and then copied three words. Sophie did three pages in Miquon, a line of copywork, read me...

Sublunary

Sublunary by A. E. Stallings Mid-sentence, we remembered the eclipse, Arguing home through our scant patch of park Still warm with barrel wine, when none too soon We checked the hour by glancing at the moon, Unphased at first by that old ruined...

Poems by Heart

As I’m reading Omeros, I’ve also been reading a bit about Derek Walcott, curious about his life an influences and such. This piece from Caribbean Beat has some interesting details. It seems he lived in Boston for some years, teaching at...

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