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April 2021 Newsletter
Newsletter Vol 1 Issue 1 | April 2021 Hello dear friends and family! Happy Easter and welcome to my newsletter. 😀 Hope those of you in the US are enjoying the spring weather. We’ve been blessed with sunshine lately so all the… Continue reading
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Book Review: The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
A page turner for sure and an absolute delight. I actually made myself sick staying up till 1 am trying to read one more chapter, one more page, until I couldn’t anymore…. And then woke up the next day and… Continue reading
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Till We Have Faces 2021
I just finished rereading Till We Have Faces, which I first read in 2015, and which I wrote about here. Six years later, my insights into the book are very different. Orual and Psyche could still be seen as two… Continue reading
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The Problem with Humility
It’s the hardest lesson to teach, and it’s the one I just can’t seem to get right… but teach it I must. After five years, I’m rereading Kristin Lavransdatter, and I still wanna smack her and hug her all at… Continue reading
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Stef’s Snippets #004
Now that I’m rereading Prisoner of Azkaban with Nino, I’m reminded of just how hateful and nasty Snape was, and I don’t think he should have been redeemed just because he loved Lily for the rest of his life. He… Continue reading
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Cultivating the Habit of Reading in Your Children
Image: Aaron Burden One of my favorite quotes about reading is Ray Bradbury’s “You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.” We want to raise children who read because we know that… Continue reading
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How to DIY Your Child’s Homeschooling Curriculum Part 2: BOOKS!
Image: Thought Catalog In Part 1, I talked about “my process” for designing my child’s homeschooling curriculum. Because we’ve been homeschooling for roughly 18 years now, my go-to resources will look a little different from a new homeschooler’s, so if you’re… Continue reading
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100 Books Every (Catholic) Woman Needs To Read
Inspired by this post, 100 Books Every Man Needs to Read, I tried to come up with my own 100-book list. I got up to 65, then 118, and then cut it back down to 86, then back up to… Continue reading
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Nino’s Reading Journal
Books he’s been enjoying since November (not including Advent/Christmas books) A mother’s song / by Janet Lawler A father’s song / by Janet Lawler Marven of the Great North Woods / written by Kathryn Lasky Pond year / Kathryn Lasky… Continue reading
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