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None other lamb
Lamb of God, 6th C in dome of Basilica of San Vitale in Ravenna None other Lamb, none other Name, None other hope in Heav’n or … Continue reading None other lamb
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Behold mee then, mee for him, life for life
One of the most moving art exhibits I’ve ever encountered was the Life of Christ exhibit of James Tissot’s exquisitely detailed paintings. It came to our local museum during Lent the first year we were homeschooling. The Daughter and I … Continue reading Behold mee then, mee for him, life for life
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A slave, and no princess
A Commonplace Book Entry: Nobody can be a real princess – do not imagine you have yet been anything more than a mock one – until she is a princess over herself, that is, until when she finds herself unwilling … Continue reading A slave, and no princess
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Adventure in Anapest
The Daughter and I have been proceeding slowly through the Grammar of Poetry curriculum, a lesson per week or so through this school year. It’s supposed to be The Daughter’s curriculum, but as the teaching parent, who enjoys poetry … Continue reading Adventure in Anapest
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A Horse, a War and a Vision
This is my second post about G.K. Cheston’s epic poem Ballad of the White Horse. G.K. Chesterton organized his epic by chapters, or books as they are called. After the lovely Dedication to his wife Frances, he plunges us into … Continue reading A Horse, a War and a Vision
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Charlotte’s Way Thursday
One of the highlights of our homeschool week is a gathering of a few friends to study art and culture in a rather interesting way that is part of the Charlotte Mason method. We call it Charlotte’s Way Thursday, because … Continue reading Charlotte’s Way Thursday
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A Gallery of Studio Art
The Daughter takes a Studio Art class at Home School Plus, a co-op in Norfolk. Surrounded by other students, in a room filled with paints, pastels, charcoal, tempura, chisels, brushes, colored pencils, and the art work of past and present … Continue reading A Gallery of Studio Art
Hashtag: For Better or For Worse
Sheltering at home, and pulling drafts from the draft folder. This one from the spring of 2018. Current events have drastically affected the wedding market. Perhaps, the better to savor the true meaning of the event. Thanks for reading. … Continue reading Hashtag: For Better or For Worse
Day by Day – Our Living Room Liturgy
As we are all forced to slow down a little due this month. I’m pulling out some posts that have languished in my drafts folder. I actually started this post in 2014, and updated it in 2018, now finally posting. … Continue reading Day by Day – Our Living Room Liturgy
Trinitarian Prayer
Today is Trinity Sunday, a special day in the church calendar, that follows the giving of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost, and focuses on the doctrine of the Triune nature of God. At church we sang one of my favorite … Continue reading Trinitarian Prayer
Each is both, and all
Here lies a she sun, and a he moon there; She gives the best light to his sphere; Or each is both, and all, and so They unto one another nothing owe; And yet they do, but are So just and rich in that coin which they pay, That neither would, nor needs forbear, nor stay; Neither desires to be spared nor to spare. They quickly pay their debt, and then Take no acquittances, but pay again; They pay, they give, they lend, and so let fall No such occasion to be liberal. More truth, more courage in these two … Continue reading Each is both, and all
Chestnuts roasting…
The old familiar seasonal pop song, and a line or two in Dickens’ A Christmas Carol are all I ever really knew about chestnuts… I never connected them to the two Chinese Chestnut trees that until last year shaded the cottage at Middle Ridge but whose viciously sharp burrs deter one from any sort of barefoot exploring in late summer and fall. A lovely limey green in spring and summer, by the fall, the burrs drop off of the tree, dry out, turn brown, and eventually open up. The burrs are every bit as sharp as they look. You really … Continue reading Chestnuts roasting…
Savoring March
March started off with the inaugural gathering of the Hampton Roads Charlotte Mason Reading Group on March 1st. Charlotte Mason was a brilliant British educator who established a unique philosophy of education. Her writings and method provide a blueprint for … Continue reading Savoring March
