The morns are meeker than they were, The nuts are getting brown; The berry’s cheek is plumper, The rose is out of town. The maple wears a gayer scarf, The field a scarlet gown. Lest I should be old-fashioned, I’ll put a trinket on. ~Autumn, Emily Dickinson~ I, of course, had plans at the beginning of the summer for us…
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To read more about Charlotte Mason picture study and to see the other picture study aids I have available, click here. “In the world of art there has never been a personality so clamorously imposed upon the minds of its contemporaries as that of Courbet. He was anathema to his generation and he forced himself upon its judgment with all the…
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A month ago, I put out a survey to kind of get a feel for you all as sometimes it feels like I’m sending these posts out into the abyss. 🙂 Thank you for responding! Today I thought I might share some of the results and answer some questions and concerns that were mentioned in your answers. So here were…
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It is very helpful to read with a commonplace book or reading-diary, in which to put down any striking thought in your author, or your own impression of the work, or of any part of it; but not summaries of facts. Such a diary, carefully kept through life, should be exceedingly interesting as containing the intellectual history of the writer;…
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One of my favorite things about being part of the homeschooling community in various ways online is being able to take a peek at how others set up their space. Sometimes they have a room dedicated just to that purpose and sometimes they have to commandeer another room in their home, like a dining room or family room, for their…
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