When I share my Charlotte Mason 101 talk with groups, I state the following: “In 2014, I was blessed to…
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Laura’s First Composition
Funky ornament found in one of Charlotte Mason’s boxes at the Armitt in Ambleside It is always interesting to come…
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Like a Comet Going By – William Blake
lambs in Ambleside last spring Let Blake’s ‘Songs of Innocence’ represent their standard in poetry. – Charlotte Mason Blake’s…
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Sacred Ministry
The Sower, 1850 – Millet We began a new semester of our Charlotte Mason community, Truth, Beauty, Goodness. You can…
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Plutarch Primer, Part I
image from Parallel Lives, Amyot translation 1565 “The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to…
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Ambleside 2014: Fairfield and Springfield
I hope you haven’t tired of my reports from the Lake District. I have a few left to share. It…
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Ambleside 2014 – Beatrix and Charlotte?
Long before I ever heard of Charlotte Mason, I knew who Beatrix Potter was, so seeing her Hill Top Farm…
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Ambleside 2014 – The Millet Mystery
If I was going to go to Ambleside, I had a few things that were a must-see. One of these…
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Ambleside 2014 – Plain Living and High Thinking
“An unwalled university all dedicate to plain living and high thinking.” – Charlotte Mason on Ambleside My husband and I…
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