“Wise men are feeling strongly that prudence requires of us, … to live simple lives, to avoid excesses, even if…
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Reader’s Journal 2014
People are naturally divided into those who read and think and those who do not read or think; and the…
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Advent and Awakening
We shared a lesson on the poet Eleanor Farjeon at our Awakening session yesterday. We finished the gathering by joining…
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Gratitude – Be on the Watch and Make a Full Return
Idealized painting by Jennie Augusta Brownscombe, The First Thanksgiving at Plymouth, 1914 A kindness is like a flower that has…
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Humanity Unfolds Itself: Handcrafts and the Boy
First, just this quote from George MacDonald: To become able to make something is, I think, necessary to thorough development. …
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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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Fairy Rings
“Where science does not teach a child to wonder and admire it has perhaps no educative value.” –…
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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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Charlotte Mason, TSA, and Boy Scouts
Rarely do I go anywhere and not run into problems while traveling. Lost passport? Check. Cancelled flights? Check. Sleeping in…
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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 – 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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