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Book Review: Money Secrets

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 had them in hysterics when they started reading it and realized it was humor. That just tickled me.This book was...
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Saint John Chrysostom on Humility

"Let us with great diligence..."
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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,...
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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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Father Marquette and the Great Rivers

Father Marquette and the Great Rivers

Aug 10, 2022 | ,

by August Derleth In school we are studying the further exploration into North America. Father Marquette was a Jesuit French priest who had dreamt from childhood to bring God to the Indians in the New World. His dream came true and he was sent on mission to New...

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The Leaven

The Leaven

Aug 9, 2022 | ,

Matt 13: 33, Luke 13: 20-21 He told them another parable.  “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till it was all leavened.” Completely Non-Expert Interpretation: To put in terms a non-homemade bread baking...

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Memento Mori

Memento Mori

Jul 23, 2022 | ,

            “She would have been a good woman if it had been somebody there to shoot her every minute of her life. “ – the Misfit from “A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor In Flanner O’Connor’s...

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Jesus the Master Electrician

Jesus the Master Electrician

Jun 23, 2022 | ,

            Dr. Tim Gray of the Augustine Institute referred to the Ascension of Our Lord as “completing the circuit.”  I thought it an excellent metaphor and it set me to thinking it through...

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A Cold, Dead Heart and a Cold-Blooded Icon

A Cold, Dead Heart and a Cold-Blooded Icon

May 5, 2022 | ,

I am not an emotional person.  In fact, I think I am best described as having a cold, dead heart.  A heart of stone would also be apt.  I have always been this way.  I can’t remember a time when it was not difficult for me to...

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