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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

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

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

Book Review: Babbitt

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

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

Francis and Clare

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...

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Adam of the Road

Adam of the Road

by Elizabeth Janet Gray             In 13th century England,  Adam, the...

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29 April 2023

29 April 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...

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The Secret Garden

The Secret Garden

by Francis Hodgson Burnett What an excellent book!  A bossy, spoiled girl named Mary is living in India until she is sent to Yorkshire...

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22 April 2023

22 April 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...

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Away Goes Sally

Away Goes Sally

by Elizabeth Coatsworth             Sally is a young orphan that lives with her aunts...

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15 April 2023

15 April 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...

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