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Archive: July 2017

Not shaking the grass

    And the days are not full enough And the nights are not full enough And life slips by like a field mouse Not shaking the grass –Ezra Pound   I’ve posted this short poem before. Every time I stumble across it...

Sea Fever

Sea Fever by John Masefield I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky, And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by; And the wheel’s kick and the wind’s song and the white sail’s shaking, And a grey mist on the sea’s...

Learning Notes Week of July 24

Monday July 24 Bella did math and copywork. Sophie did math in the MEP booklet and then got frustrated. She was having a hard time today. Ben did some MEP math and then two pages of his letter book, plus copied some words. Anthony did a page of...

Learning Notes Week of July 17

Monday July 17 Did math with Sophie and then she did copywork. She also read me a short section of geography and we reviewed the Hail Mary in French. Did math with Ben. He did his letters book and copywork. Did math with Anthony. He did copywork and...

Learning Notes Week of July 10

Sunday was Ben’s birthday. When I woke up early he was already dressed for Mass in suit and tie. Grandma B met us at church and came back to our house after Mass. We had a lovely celebration at home and a nice dinner out at a favorite local...

Argonautika: The Clashing Rocks

  The kids and I have been reading Padraic Colum’s The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived before Achilles. It’s a beautiful literary retelling of the story of Jason and the Argonauts for children (the edition we have is gorgeously...

Learning Notes Week of July 3

Monday July 3 Yes, Tuesday is a holiday, but I didn’t see any reason why we shouldn’t get in a bit of work on Monday. Bella had her heart set on watching Rogue One Sunday afternoon but they ended up going swimming at Uncle John’s. So I told her that...

Learning Notes Week of June 26

[Catching up on my backlog of posts.] On Sunday Dom taught the kids to play Parchesi and they’ve all decided it’s great fun. Sophie found a puzzle and has started trying to put it together. Monday June 26 Sophie did a page of math and copywork and...

He shall banish the chariot

Today’s first reading is from the prophet Zechariah: Thus says the LORD: Rejoice heartily, O daughter Zion, shout for joy, O daughter Jerusalem! See, your king shall come to you; a just savior is he, Meek, and riding on an ass, on a colt, the foal...

A Benediction for the Capitol

In November of 1800 Congress convened for the first time in joint session in the as yet unfinished Capitol building and John Adams gave his last address as president. It would be unbecoming the representatives of this nation to assemble for the...

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