“Hope” is the thing with feathers –That perches in the soul –And sings the tune without the words –And never…
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Charlotte Mason & Sunday School
One cannot embrace the Charlotte Mason philosophy for any length of time before it spills over into other areas of…
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Building Their Houses: Thoughts from the Dads
Truly, except the Lord build the house, they labour but in vain that build it. When the Lord builds, they…
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Contrived Atmospheres
Recently, my friend AnnMarie told me an interesting, humorous, and instructive story. She and her husband decided it…
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Parts and Passions: What to Look for in a Curriculum
Sometimes, after reading so much goodness out of Charlotte Mason’s 6 volumes, I just want to write about the beauty…
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Why “Sage Parnassus” or What’s in a Name?
painting by Kay Maniscalco (rather Barbara Cooney-esque, don’t you think?) Quite often I get the question, “Could you explain the…
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Wheeling Worlds of the Winter Firmament
Every child in such a class is open to the wonders that science reveals, is interested in the wheeling worlds…
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Our Schedule, Our Atmosphere
Mason on atmosphere: “It is thrown off, as it were, from persons and things, stirred by events, sweetened by love,…
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Summer is the Sabbath of the Seasons
Girl in a Hammock, Winslow Homer, 1873 It should be – a rest, that is. It is a change from…
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A Pentecost of Finches
A.M. Yellow flames flutter about the feeder: A Pentecost of finches. -Robert Siegel I think I have a new favorite…
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Snow on Snow?
A snowless Christmas Eve, 2011 Despite the fact that I want to be writing about a winter wonderland and waxing…
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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
I’ll be back in a week or so – everyone is home and I’m spending all my time with them! …
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