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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...

Valentine’s Day and Ash Wednesday Are a Perfect Couple

Feb 14, 2024

Valentine’s Day is on Ash Wednesday this year. At first thought, they seem like an unlikely...

10 February 2024 – Bananas, Spring Song by Felix Mendelssohn, the Kingbird, and an Earthworm Dissection

Feb 9, 2024

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

What if New Year’s Resolutions Are a Misinterpreted Yearning to Participate in the Penitential Season Known as Lent?

Feb 6, 2024

I am happy to say that my area has had a milder than average winter. Most of the highs have been near 40...

What if Pagan Festivals are Just Misinterpreted Yearnings for Christian Feast Days?

Jun 24, 2023

It feels like the climate of Mercury outside, only hotter. The sun is out from practically sunrise to sunset. And the...

24 June 2023 – Devil’s Stinkhorn, Marsh Mallow, Barbarian

Jun 23, 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...

Book Review: Money Secrets

Jun 21, 2023

by Dave Barry I bought this book – in particular – because someone in the reviews said they bought it thinking it was a serious book on money and it...

17 June 2023 – Black Walnut Trees, Corduroy Roads, the Erie Canal and the Invention of the Steamboat

Jun 16, 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...

Saint John Chrysostom on Humility

Jun 16, 2023

"Let us with great diligence..."

Book Review: The Wind in the Willows

Jun 15, 2023

by Kenneth Graham For the kids, this started a bit slow. As an...

10 June 2023 – The Cause of Wind, the CA Gold Rush, the Cotton Gin, the McCormick Reaper and the Granddaddy of the Sewing Machine

Jun 9, 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...