Red-bellied woodpecker sighted on the first day of spring The Real Work It may be that when we no longer…
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A Book Giveaway for Fall!
Sketch of our poet this term, Eleanor Farjeon, by Edward Ardizonne from The Little Bookroom BOOKS by Eleanor Farjeon What…
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Cloud of Witness
When Charlotte Mason, the British educator whose philosophy and methods I subscribe to, said good-bye to her student teachers as…
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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 New Way to Listen – Commonplacing for the Little People
Just a delicious new recipe Marit made – a summer raspberry cake. Are you looking to get your kids started…
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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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Sweet the Mother-Walk, But Perilous!
If there is anyone in the world whom we should not have to deceive, who is most likely to know us for…
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Intellectual Culture – Poetry
A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his…
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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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Love All Lovely
Love came down at Christmas, Love all lovely, Love Divine; Love was born at Christmas, …
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Walnuts Plumping
“Harvest Home” is from one of my favorite poetry books, The Year Around. I read this to the children recently. …
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Telling the Bees by a Fighting Quaker – Plus a Book Recommendation!
We are reading the nostalgic, descriptive poetry of the Quaker poet John Greenleaf Whittier this term. Greenleaf (which is what…
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