Posted in family life, fun stuff on Jun 29th, 2007 No Comments »
Last night the boys happened upon the film Gandhi on Turner Classic Movies. They drew their dad and me into the room to watch it with them and I am grateful they did as I had never seen the film before and what a film it is …. beautiful, poignant, and inspiring!
After having watched it, I know […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 27th, 2007 3 Comments »
When Josh was 4 years old I read aloud to him, The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame. He was enthralled by the language and the illustrations as the book we had was one that had illustrations by Ernest H. Shepherd of the Winnie the Pooh fame.
Years later, in a bargain pile in […]
Posted in spiritual life on Jun 25th, 2007 4 Comments »
“….Common noises are not always what they appear to be. They can also be the eloquence of God. It is all in the richness of listening. If we develop our deeper metaphysical ears, we may hear the music of divinity in uncommon places.”
Firstlight - Sue Monk Kidd
My prayer this morning at the beginning of a […]
Posted in family life, fun stuff on Jun 23rd, 2007 1 Comment »
Someone else wanted in on the fun…
And the winner is……… not mom!…….
Posted in celebrating the seasons, family life, fun stuff on Jun 23rd, 2007 No Comments »
Posted in curriculum on Jun 23rd, 2007 No Comments »
I read about this new book’s expected publishing date set for October,2007
The Intellectual Devotional: American History: Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Converse Confidently about Our Nation’s Past by David Kidder
over at Seasonal Soundings and got very excited as we are enjoying The Intellectual Devotional this summer and using it for our General Study Wall. […]
Posted in celebrating the seasons, family life on Jun 21st, 2007 4 Comments »
Here in the desert of Las Vegas it has been summer for awhile now. Our temps have been between 103-109 lately with an intense sunshine….nothing new though…. that’s a typical June for us, at least since we moved here 6 years ago.
As the calendar officially welcomes Summer today I thought I would share a little of […]
Posted in celebrating the seasons, family life, fun stuff on Jun 7th, 2007 No Comments »
The other day, Josh and his big sis bought a puzzle to work on during these lazy days of summer. After having lately been immersed in Hemingway and F Scott Fitzgerald, they chose this 1920’s designed picture.
I’m sure working on this, a “roaring good time” will be had by all :)
Posted in summer studies, the general study wall on Jun 4th, 2007 No Comments »
Each year I try to think something in which we can participate in so that our brains don’t atrophy over the summer. From August-May we have concentrated studies and then become more relaxed during the summer months. Last year our “Weekly Wall of Enrichment” was a big hit with everyone in the family. This year we […]
Posted in self-education, curriculum, family life on Jun 4th, 2007 No Comments »
My oldest daughter is an English major and the last week of school she asked Josh if he would like to join her in a study of Dante’s Divine Comedy. They are studying all three books and will use the entire summer to work on it. She has put together a study binder for […]
