“No sooner doth the truth come into the soul’s sight, but the soul knows her to be her first and oldest aquaintance.” I should first tell you that I am still working on the ‘beauty’ post. I get hamstrung by reading a lot of great writers and then feel completely inadequate with my own summation [...]
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This is part two in a series entitled Creating an Environment of Learning for Your Children. We will explore the power of books as a guidepost to your child’s educational and spiritual development while inspiring them to a rich inner life that leads to greatness. I hope to give you some resources that will inform [...]
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Learning to knit from a great mentor, my mother-in-law This is the first part of a four part series on Creating an Environment of Learning for your children. Read the introduction here. I read a book recently, A Thomas Jefferson Education by Oliver Van DeMille, which I will refer to as TJED, that [...]
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Edited to add: I’m joining Kelly’s ‘Show us Your Bathroom’ Party so if you’re visiting from Kelly’s blog, welcome. You can see more decorating posts by clicking the pictures on my sidebar! To my regular readers, you can see lots of cute bathroom decor by clicking here. I also just wrote a post about “Why [...]
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I’m passionate about reading and about promoting reading in my circle of influence. I’m on a quest to read the classics that I never really enjoyed in high school or never read at all. I’m using Susan Wise Bauer’s book The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had as a guide [...]
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I’m on a quest to read 52books in 52weeks this year.I just finished ‘Amusing Ourselves to Death’ by Neil Postman: a great read about the powerful and denigrating influence television has had on our culture. I heartily agree with his assertions and yet I full well intend to watch “Lost” tonight instead of engaging in [...]
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It’s happened to me a several times over the past few years. I read a book or hear a sermon or listen to a talk that changes everything. Or at least how I look at everything. An epiphany of sorts. An ah-hah moment. It happened when I first discovered Lutheranism. And the first time [...]
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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...
