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"Let us carry on bravely."
1 July 2023 – Salmon Ladders (for people), Gnats and Sleepwalking
Children are naturally curious creatures and with so many under one roof coupled with the fact that we homeschool, we...
Book Review: The Treasure Seekers
by E. Nesbit I came across this author, E. Nesbit, on a list of suggested reading by the woman who designed the...
A Gargoyle Gecko Gothic Cathedral and the Discovery of a Dawn of a New Industrial Revolution
After our Gargoyle Gecko, Mabel, joined the family, it became a top...
Happy Feast of the Assumption of Mary!
And don't forget that today starts the Saint Michael's Lent. To daily have your thoughts assumed heavenwards, purchase this block here.
From Orthodoxy
"... an orgy of everything that was bad."
Father Marquette and the Great Rivers
by August Derleth In school we are studying the further exploration into North America. Father Marquette was a Jesuit French priest who had dreamt...
The Leaven
Matt 13: 33, Luke 13: 20-21 He told them another parable. “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three measures...
From Orthodoxy-
"...room for good things to run wild."
The Homeschool Discernment: With and Without the Rainbows and Sunshine
A friend was trying to discern whether...
Memento Mori
“She would have been a good woman if it had been somebody there to shoot her...
Happy Feast Day of the Immaculate Heart!
The heart that always leads to her Son. To hang a reminder in your home to always be a heart that follows Jesus, click here.