Idealized painting by Jennie Augusta Brownscombe, The First Thanksgiving at Plymouth, 1914 A kindness is like a flower that has…
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Gathering Books for Lent and Easter
Paperwhites! Thanks to dd for thinking of this last November. Today – a card with a beautiful picture of Croatia,…
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The Dayspring is With the Children
Madonna and Child by Raphael 1505 “Every mother knows out of her own heart’s fulness what the Birth at Bethlehem…
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A Christmas Prayer
I salute you! There is nothing I can give you which you have not; but there is much that, while…
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On Christmas Traditions and Books
“There is something about saying, ‘We always do this,’ which helps keep the years together. Time is such an elusive…
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Lovers of Liberty
From joy to joy, Nancy
Easter Reads
I’ve been meaning to put up a post about our favorite Easter books and an email from Erika nudged me…
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A Valentine
From Rosemary For Remembrance by Tasha Tudor Happy Valentine’s Day, dear friends! We will be reading this family favorite today…
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A Valentine from Christina
Christina and her mother Frances (photograph by Lewis Carroll) It is said that the mother of the Victorian poet Christina Rossetti once remarked,…
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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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Education for All, and To All a Goodnight
Here’s something fun and a sweet read for anyone involved in a Charlotte Mason community or co-op! This was written…
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Love All Lovely
Love came down at Christmas, Love all lovely, Love Divine; Love was born at Christmas, …
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