Just Mercy by Brian Stevenson. This account by a brilliant lawyer is riveting reading. My husband currently works in the criminal justice system and I am part of a team who visits our local jail monthly to bring hope and encouragement to local inmates , so I have a keen interest in those who are… Read More Books Finished in April, 2018
The White Witch by Elizabeth Goudge. My favorite modern women’s author unfolded a pageant of characters as usual, this time in the historical setting of the British civil war. In typical Goudge fashion, her insight into the nature of man’s heart and how that produces the decisions and actions of the diverse characters is perceptive… Read More What I Read in March
{Please forgive the delay in posting this–it is Emily’s fault not Liz’s} This year is an encouraging year in the library. I do not think we have ever had so many member families who have continued to visit and plunder our shelves. There is always an initial enthusiasm each school year, but library visits generally… Read More What Liz Read January-February
Living Library Press is pleased to announce their latest elementary living science book: The First Book of the Earth by Irene Sevrey (Mildred Waltrip illustrator, 1958). This introduction to the subject of geology describes the earth from its place in the solar system, its structure, mountain formation, rocks, and minerals, to the activity of volcanoes… Read More First Book of the Earth
Living Library Press is pleased to announce the release of a long-anticipated resource for Charlotte Mason enthusiasts. Paper Modelling by M. Swannell is the introductory book for Paper Sloyd that Charlotte Mason recommended in Form IA (Grades 2-3), and is an excellent way to begin the art of Sloyd at any age. Brittney McGann,… Read More Paper Sloyd Book Now Available!
The fuller life gets, or the older I get, the faster the years fly by, so incredibly I close the 2017 chapter so shortly after having lived 2016. Here are the books I completed in November and December. I am sorry I didn’t post November’s sooner but let the holiday season take precedent over publishing my… Read More End of Year Wrap-Up
Thanksgiving, of course, is always fitting, but in honor of our national celebration, we want to thank all our faithful readers for your ongoing support and encouragement. We also thank God for the gift of words, language, and books. Our lives would be unimaginably dreary and dull without them, our minds weak and dim, our… Read More Thanksgiving
Sometimes I feel a bit odd posting the books I’m reading, but the feedback I get keeps me continuing this ritual. The titles I offer are not necessarily my top recommendations for others, but simply an account of my own reading trails. I hope they encourage some readers in new or different directions. Till We… Read More October’s Harvest
When I began homeschooling, I of course knew that math was an unavoidable subject. I had some trepidation as my own relationship with math was less than delightful. Surely as a child I at first found numbers fun. There was a certain sense of excitement and gratification in putting bigger sums together and solving increasingly… Read More Why I hate to Teach Math
Can we ever say a book has reached the end? Do we ever really close the covers and surrender the time spent in the pages of a book to permanent forgetfulness? Perhaps, but even if one idea survives, something in any book we have spent time with, thought on, or enjoyed is woven into our… Read More Books Closed in September