”Hospitality is a personal response to your own need to connect with other people. This need is at the core of what it means to be human. Your entire humanity, your identity itself, is wrapped up in your need to connect. The real question is not how dangerous the stranger is. The real question is how [...]
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I’m so sad that we’re finished with The Odyssey! Don’t you feel like it changed you? Great books get under our skin and make us see the world differently. I hope you enjoyed it and I hope it’s magic will live in your heart for a long time to come. I’m sorry if this video [...]
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What is hospitality? And is it still relevant in our modern, individualistic society? This long lost art of welcoming others into our homes and hearts can and should be revived. Join us in a 31 day series to rediscovering a heart of hospitality! This series on hospitality has been growing inside my heart for a [...]
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I’m in Texas with my girlfriends and on the agenda today is: visit a field full of wildflowers go antiquing with a bunch of pyrex hoarders visit a couple local wineries tease my hair, put on the boots and big belt and go to Luchenbach dance hall. yee-haw!!! As a result of all this Texas [...]
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I’m writing this post as a preface to the bright and shiny one where I’ll tell you about all the wonderful stuff we’ll be studying this year. You’ll be tempted to think it’s all unicorns and butterflies here at the Wadsworth house. This post will shatter all your illusions. Proceed with caution. Classical education [...]
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Long story short, here’s how it happened. My friend, Gretchen, a freelance food and wine writer, pitched the story of our house fire and rebuild to several shelter magazines after our rebuild last year. Several months later, we found out that BHG wanted to run the story. WHATTTTTTTTT? Y’allllll???!!!! I have been beside myself [...]
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I’m writing a big, long, ginormous post all about the Better Homes and Gardens photo shoot at our house. Presently, I’d like to show you 3 things they didn’t shoot. Exhibit A: My favorite vignette. They didn’t shoot it. Did I say that already? They begged, borrowed and pillaged all the items here—-including the table [...]
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This video is a housekeeping video where I discuss the reading list and reading in general and the prevalent misconception that I somehow get it all done. Which I don’t. And I’ll tell you all about it. This video highlights the concept of xenia and how that is demonstrated to Odysseus from Nausicaa. And finally, [...]
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i decided for sure today. i’m gonna do it again. {12 days of handmade christmas} is back. the first twelve days of november. perfect timing for your to find some projects that are doable by Christmas. sooooo, if you’re crafty or know someone who is and would like to submit a tutorial, send me an [...]
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My house has been full of lovely people lately and I need to share some of the goings-on with you. We’ve been talking about xenia (hospitality) over at book club so I’ve been practicing my skills! (I posted to the forum last night if you’d like to discuss life on Ithaca without Odysseus!) My two [...]
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and I like cowboy boots, C.S. Lewis, good food, strong coffee, banjo music and books. I am a deeply flawed momma of 4 and grateful receiver of more good gifts than one heart can hold. I fight for joy and find it in the most unexpected places. I make quirky look normal, relish in my small town Southern way of living, and am learning that it's all grace--every last bit of it. Read More Here...
