My blog, that is! 😉 Here’s my new hang-out on Substack: Anna’s Substack Continue Reading
My blog, that is! 😉 Here’s my new hang-out on Substack: Anna’s Substack Continue Reading
It was a very good reading year – 95 books finished! I could not reach that number without audiobooks as I am not a fast reader (although I am faster – when I focus – than I used to be). I don’t think I’ll try for 100 in 2024, especially since I’m tackling several pretty… Continue Reading
For Today Looking out my window…I’m out on the patio! I am thinking…our new homeschool routine is going fairly well, hopefully that will continue. I am thankful…these two made it to the one-year mark with their bookstore! One of my favorite things…Griffeys’ Book Emporium I am creating…a longer to-read list 😉 I am wearing…Scholé Sisters… Continue Reading
It’s been a while since I’ve done a CM (Charlotte Mason) quote of the day post. I shared many quotes from School Education and Ourselves several years ago, but I seem to have only posted the occasional quote from An Essay Towards a Philosophy of Education. Now that I’m doing a reread of it, this… Continue Reading
My history with Mortimer Adler’s How to Read a Book goes back about 19 years to when I was expecting my second child and reading The Well-Trained Mind by Susan Wise Bauer. She mentions Adler’s book (if I remember correctly) and I found an older edition, probably not the one co-authored by Van Doren, at… Continue Reading
I just finished The Didascalicon of Hugh of St. Victor, reading along with a book discussion led by my friend Dawn and hosted on the Scholé Sisters discussion forum. I did question a few of Hugh’s ideas and found some places a bit tedious (but necessary information for the beginning students he was writing to),… Continue Reading
For Today Looking out my window…it may rain before I’m done this, but currently I’m sitting outside. I am thinking…about the beautiful wedding on Saturday. Aria and David are married! ♥ I am thankful…for so much help from family and friends. One of my favorite things…this photo captured by my sister of the priest crowning… Continue Reading
On Friday, I finished Jesus of Nazareth: From the Baptism in the Jordan to the Transfiguration by Pope Benedict XVI. Like his Infancy Narratives, which I read during Advent and Christmas, I found it very insightful, even if I didn’t always agree with him (not being Catholic). His knowledge of Scripture and the connections he… Continue Reading
It has been a very good year of reading and as of yesterday, I have finished 80 books. Here is the list in the approximate order I read them with the star rating I gave them on Goodreads: The Reformation 500 Years Later by Benjamin Wiker (audiobook) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Devil’s Novice by Ellis Peters (audiobook)… Continue Reading
I recently finished reading Andrew Klaven’s The Truth and Beauty: How the Lives and Works of England’s Greatest Poets Point the Way to a Deeper Understanding of the Words of Jesus. While I wasn’t convinced that he’d proved his premise, some of his points were thought-provoking and the book made me want to read more… Continue Reading