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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...
Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens

by GK Chesterton             This was a near perfect biography.  If I were...

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8 April 2023 (Holy Saturday)

8 April 2023 (Holy Saturday)

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 Magna Charta 

The Magna Charta 

by James Daugherty             This was a well-written book especially considering that...

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April 1, 2023

April 1, 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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March 25, 2023

March 25, 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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