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Book Review: The Wind in the Willows

by Kenneth Graham             For the kids, this started a bit slow.  As an adult who loves beautiful language, I loved it from the first word.  This book followed the adventures of Rat,...

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

Children are naturally curious creatures and with so many under one roof coupled with the fact that we homeschool, we are frequently looking things up to answer the various questions that arise. For instance, the children found that one of the chickens had laid an egg...

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Book Review: Bound for Oregon

Jean Van Leeuwen             This was based on the true story of a girl named Mary Ellen Todd who made the journey on the Oregon Trail from Arkansas to Oregon with her family.  (Her family was related to President Lincoln's wife.). This was a fascinating book.  There...
Happy Pope Saint Paul VI Day!

Happy Pope Saint Paul VI Day!

Born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini, it was probably exciting to be made Pope based entirely on name signing time savings alone, nevermind getting to steward Jesus's church.After being told there were not any shorter names, he decided on Paul and...

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Literature: What Every Catholic Should Know

Literature: What Every Catholic Should Know

by Joseph Pearce This was an excellent book! It was like a mini-literature course taught by a professor that you love. Mr. Pearce starts back in antiquity with Homer and Virgil and works his way up to the 20th century with a truncated, though informative synopsis of...

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The Mysteries of Life in Children’s Literature

The Mysteries of Life in Children’s Literature

by Mitchell Kalpagian I loved practically every sentence of this book. To read this book is to be immersed in the world of children and everything that they are – my favorite of all worlds. The author takes us through the mysteries of life wishes luck goodness truth...

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