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In Addition to Itching, Broadleaf Plantain Balm Also Helps Relieve My Uselessness as a Wife and Mother
I put the book down that I had been reading...
Book Review: American Pilgrimage
by: Christopher Shannon This is a Catholic history of life in the New World which, as I have learned from...
What if Pagan Festivals are Just Misinterpreted Yearnings for Christian Feast Days?
It feels like the climate of Mercury outside, only hotter. The sun is out from practically sunrise to sunset. And the lightning bugs have started appearing as soon as I tell my kids it’s time for them to go to bed causing long battles that always...
24 June 2023 – Devil’s Stinkhorn, Marsh Mallow, Barbarian
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...
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...
Saint John Chrysostom on Humility
"Let us with great diligence..."
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...
From the Catechism of the Catholic Church
Image and Word illuminate each other.
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...
3 June 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 up to answer the various questions that arise. For instance, the children found that one of the chickens had laid an egg...