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The Bookmark: From Middlemarch to St. Crispian’s in July
The books I read not only speak to me, they speak to each other. For two months I have been reading Middlemarch by George Eliot. When available, I have been listening to the Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion by Beth Brower. This review is going to compare and contrast the two books. I’ve been…
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Abeka and CLE Curricula: A Journey of Discovery
Over the twenty years that I’ve been involved with school, I have been in many discussions about curriculum. I have learned lots about both of the common curricula we use in the United States. This article is to show the differences and similarites between aBeka and CLE. I have talked with representatives from both publishers…
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The Bookmark: June
Blossoming Almond Branch in a Glass with a Book, Vincent vanGogh,1888, oil on canvas, Arles, France. A bobolink flies from post to post in front of me as I take my walk. That’s what pulls me out every day to see if he’s still there. I’m not sure how many walks I will have time…
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Add Some Whimsy to Your View
Yesterday I hung a banner on my (empty) chickenhouse. I used scraps of cotton. They were cut different sizes in an attempt to not waste any. I serged the edges and sewed them to another piece of scrap fabric to string them together. Here’s a closer picture so you can adapt it to your own…
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The Bookmark: May
Blossoming Almond Branch in a Glass with a Book, Vincent vanGogh,1888, oil on canvas, Arles, France. As I sit on the porch on an early summer afternoon, the clouds are gathering. To the south and west some blue sky is visible, but all other parts of the sky are shades of gray, gray-blue and sun…
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An Obligation to Beauty
Christina’s World, Andrew Wyeth, 1948, Contemporary Realism A lawn is nature under totalitarian rule. -Michael Pollen in Second Nature Apparently, our yard is particularly suited to the thistle. I have never seen such huge, healthy plants. The stems are easily an inch in diameter, the leaves are a foot long and three inches wide, with…
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