I finally finished The Betrothed by Alessandro Manzoni back in June, thanks to Audible’s wonderful new recording, after starting and fizzling out twice. I think Mr. D enjoyed reading it over this past school year as well – “All things work together for good…” (Romans 8:28) is the verse he quoted to me while narrating… Continue Reading
Miss A and I are both reading the first half of How to Read a Book this year. It’s a book that has intimidated me ever since borrowing it from the library but never finishing it about 15 years ago. I have waited to add it to her school schedule until now, even though AmblesideOnline schedules… Continue Reading
Years ago I bought lovely editions of several of the Rainbow Fairy Books by Andrew Lang. Miss A read from a few, and I read some from The Blue Fairy Book aloud, but for the most part they have just sat on the shelf. This term, in an effort to actually use them, I decided… Continue Reading
Today’s quote is from a Parents’ Review article by G. F. Husband (which I probably should read in full!). Karen Glass shared it in her excellent new book Know and Tell: The Art of Narration. This is so encouraging to know, because I have three different varieties of writers here so far: a natural one… Continue Reading
Wednesdays with Words has been moved to Instagram, and while I may participate there sometimes, I still want to have a place on my blog to share favorite quotes and what we’ve been reading – hence Book Notes. I don’t have much to say about today’s quote, except that it goes along with what I… Continue Reading