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25 January 2025 – What Squirrels do in Winter, How Many Miles is a League, How Much of Spain had been Conquered, the Butchering Bird

by applewooddollhospital | January 25, 2025 | Blog, Saturday Fairy Eggs | 0 Comments

My son asked me why there were squirrels everywhere despite the frigid temperatures. "Don't they hibernate?" He'd seen it on SpongeBob so it must be...

Election Season and the Maccabean Revolt

by applewooddollhospital | November 5, 2024 | Blog, Essays | 0 Comments

Maybe the world isn’t run by lizard people per se, but lately, I can...

Book Review: Babbitt

by applewooddollhospital | August 14, 2024 | Blog, Book Reviews | 0 Comments

by: Sinclair Lewis Babbit was written in the 1920s by Sinclair Lewis who was a socialist. Normally, a socialist's commentary on American...

The Children’s Mass

by applewooddollhospital | August 7, 2024 | Blog, Essays | 0 Comments

There were a lot of babies and children at Mass. Their sounds filled the air. There was crying, laughing, burbling, shouting, loud...

Book Review: Happy Are You Poor

Mar 7, 2024

by Thomas Dubay I follow a Franciscan monk who recommended this book. He said he found it particularly...

Book Review: Utopia

Feb 20, 2024

by Thomas More I wasn’t sure what to expect...

17 February 2024 – Why Catholics Can Have Fish on Friday, Why Ice Floats on Water, the Savage Habits of Blue Jays

Feb 16, 2024

Children are naturally curious creatures and with so many under one roof coupled with the fact that we homeschool, we...

Book Review:The Whipping Boy

Aug 2, 2023

by Sid Fleischman When buying books for the next school year, there was a Sid Fleischman book on the list that I purchased which must have been...

Saint Ignatius of Loyola

Aug 2, 2023

"The strategy of our adversary..."

Book Review: The Black Arrow

Jul 26, 2023

by Robert Louis Stevenson The novel opens with the murder of a man by a black arrow. A letter is later found attached to a door that...

Book Review: Tranquility by Tuesday

Jul 18, 2023

by Laura Vanderkam I heard an interview with Laura Vanderkam on Jon Acuff’s...

Book Review: King Solomon’s Ring

Jul 13, 2023

by Konrad Lorenz My daughter read this book for her high school science class. She so enjoyed the book she told me all about it practically...

Saint Zelie Martin

Jul 12, 2023

"Let us carry on bravely."

1 July 2023 – Salmon Ladders (for people), Gnats and Sleepwalking

Jun 30, 2023

Children are naturally curious creatures and with so many under one roof coupled with the fact that we homeschool, we are frequently looking things...