by applewooddollhospital | May 9, 2023 | Blog, Book Reviews
by Helen Walker Homan This was an engaging biography on Saint Francis, though not so much on Saint Clare – she kind of pops up at the beginning of the book for a minute and then again at the end. Saint Francis, whose father was a successful merchant, came...
by applewooddollhospital | May 2, 2023 | Blog, Book Reviews
by Elizabeth Janet Gray In 13th century England, Adam, the son of Roger the minstrel, is ready to live life on the road with his father so that one day, he too can become a...
by applewooddollhospital | Apr 28, 2023 | Blog, Saturday Fairy Eggs
Children are naturally curious creatures and with so many under one roof coupled with the fact that we homeschool, we are frequently looking things up to answer the various questions that arise. For instance, the children found that one of the chickens had laid an egg...
by applewooddollhospital | Apr 25, 2023 | Blog, Book Reviews
by Francis Hodgson Burnett What an excellent book! A bossy, spoiled girl named Mary is living in India until she is sent to Yorkshire England to live with her very rich uncle in his mansion when her parents die in an epidemic. The whole place...
by applewooddollhospital | Apr 21, 2023 | Blog, Essays
I pass by the local middle school on my run route every morning. Yesterday, I ran by as they were doing some sort of drill outside. Several of the middle school males took a break from telling each other doody jokes and giving each other dutch...