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Dumb at Literature

In high school and college, I used to feel so stupid studying literature because I never saw the imagery within it on my own.  When I read...

I Am No Longer Against Fox Hunts

            My exposure to fox hunting was entirely via television and, in particular,...

Fending Off Cougars in the Age of Divorce

            I have a bunch of kids and I homeschool and I pretend to be a writer so I...

How Am I to Love Neighbors Such as These?

            One Saturday morning, I came upon a collage of pictures of smiling men in...
Saint Dominic and the Rosary 

Saint Dominic and the Rosary 

by Catherine Beebe             This was a great biography.  It read well and was really helped along by the fact that Saint Dominic had a very...

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20 May 2023

20 May 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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14 May 2023

14 May 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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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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