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 family life, Uncategorized on May 17th, 2007 1 Comment »
Paul Wright
Beloved husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather
REST eternal grant unto him, O Lord, and let light perpetual shine upon him. Amen
Safely Home
I am home in Heaven, dear ones;
Oh, so happy and so bright!
There is perfect joy and beauty
In this everlasting light.
All the pain and grief is over,
Every restless tossing passed;
I am now at peace forever,
Safely […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 19th, 2006 1 Comment »
I posted on my original plans here and updated here.
Things definitely did not go as I planned but there was still reading going on at least. Here’s the end product:
Classics
The Scarlet Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne
Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
Portrait of a Lady - Henry James
The Crucible - Arthur Miller
Light Reading/Novel
Mrs. Miniver - Jan Struther
A […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 29th, 2006 2 Comments »
In this earlier post, I mentioned the fun Josh was having reading from the book, The Greatest War Stories Never Told by Rick Beyer. One entry in the book tells about how Britain’s “thirst for tea” leads to a drug war with China. Josh told everyone in the family about the entry including his […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 20th, 2006 No Comments »
I have finally updated our birding blog. I can’t believe I let that much time pass in between posts. Ah well. Enjoy the new post.
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 11th, 2006 2 Comments »
Theresa over at Lapaz Farm, tagged me with this book meme:
1. ONE BOOK THAT CHANGED YOUR LIFE - The Bible and it continues to do so every day :)
2. ONE BOOK THAT YOU’VE READ MORE THAN ONCE - The Mitford Series by Jan Karon
3. ONE - O.K. TWO - BOOKS YOU’D WANT ON A DESERT […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 28th, 2006 1 Comment »
Today is the birthday of one of our favorite authors, Beatrix Potter.
Joshua and I have become fans through her own sweet stories and illustrations and also through The Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter by Susan Wittig Albert.
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 27th, 2006 2 Comments »
Our Summer Weekly Wall is over for now as mom is too busy planning our yearly studies. I am also trying to decide on a way to fit the wall into our regular studies.
If your interested, you can read more about”the wall” here. You can read a more detailed explanation here.The idea for the wall […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 26th, 2006 No Comments »
Our Great Books Reading Partnership has completed reading Mortimer J. Adler’s, How to Read a Book. My notes are finally completed and posted.
We have now begun, The Well-Educated Mind by Susan Bauer.
Come join us :)
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 29th, 2006 3 Comments »
At least I think this is the fourth. We are dealing with medical issues here so I am consistently behind on getting our wall posted on the blog in a timely manner. Sorry about that. Hopefully it can still be of some help/inspiration to someone. We have been having fun with it. Some of the things […]
