Hans Christian Andersen’s beloved fairy tale, The Nightingale, was published in 1843, long before the internet ever existed. But as our modern world marches forward with every prescribed solution to the problems we face, perhaps there is something we can still learn from this old tale. If you haven’t read it, you can do so […]
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Sisyphus by Titian, 1549 A couple of years ago I heard Dick Keyes speak at a CMI conference I spoke at out here in California. He had two wonderful talks, one on imagination and one on heroes. At the end of one of his talks, he touched on the topic of Christian Tribalism – a
Churchill’s marriage to Clementine, the changing view of a man’s marriage as relevant to his quality of character and ability to lead, and 1 Timothy 3 all came up on our couch today, turning our wheels of thought as she knit her leg warmers and the laundry remained piled high. AO YR6
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My husband and I finally sat down and watched Les Miserable after hearing many mixed reviews about it. We loved it and blubbered ridiculously together. My favorite scene had to be Jean Valjean’s (Hugh Jackman) turmoil in the church after he is given the candlesticks. His moment of coming to terms with his sin and
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Before we started Term 2 of YR5 I heard from several people that the Biography option A Passion for the Impossible: The Life of Lilias Trotter was incredibly dry and uninteresting. I had never heard the name before and had no opinion of her book except that the pictures of her were lovely and my
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Frescoe of Santa Maria Novella Grab a cup of tea and make sure you have some time carved out before you dig into this one – there’s a lot of reading! Starting with an article by Aimee Natal titled “Charlotte Mason: For Whose Sake?” in which she wrote: After studying Charlotte Mason’s six volumes, a
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Psalm 46 God is our refuge and strength,a very present help in trouble.Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way,though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea,though its waters roar and foam,though the mountains tremble at its swelling. Selah There is a river whose streams make glad the city of
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My 9yo daughter and I read Chapter 76 of Our Island Story today. The Chapter talks about King James, successor to Queen Elizabeth, who wanted to be a despot and claimed ‘The King can do no wrong. What he does must be right and the people must obey and ask no questions.’ Portrait of James
Inspired by a recent blog post over at Ambleside Reflections, our topic of discussion at this month’s meeting was JOY. Regarding joy, Charlotte Mason wrote: The happiness of the child is the condition of his progress; that his lessons should be joyous, and that occasions of friction in the schoolroom are greatly to be deprecated.
This idea of ‘mind t0 mind’ comes up often in CM’s writings. …but for the moment it may be well to consider the ideas that influence life, that is, character and conduct; these, would seem, pass directly from mind to mind… ~Vol. 6, p. 25 Education should connect children mind to mind with thinkers who