Category Archives: Books

Busy Kids

Here’s why SillyBilly has been busy lately: We struggled with the idea of him joining scouts for a long time: the discrimination issue, the selling of things, etc. But in the end we decided the benefits outweighed those more abstract … Continue reading

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A Secret Hazard of Editing

I don’t mean to whine, but I am sick of being sick, already. The day before our big trip to Washington, Napoleona puked all day. So of course the next day, while somewhere in the middle of nowhere (between Baker … Continue reading

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Vacation; or, We Attack the Pacific Northwest

N.B.: I’m stealing the format of this post from Tammy, because it’s a great way to do this quickly given that we took about 4,000 pictures. We drove from Pocatello to Port Townsend, WA (1,700 miles) to visit Grammy and … Continue reading

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Poetry and Speech

On Mother’s Day one of the things we did was go to the bookstore. I’ve been So Very Good lately, getting all of my books either from the library or BookMooch, so I felt justified in buying a few for … Continue reading

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Random Things I Thought I’d Share with You

1) SillyBilly has dived full-bore in to reading. He insisted on getting a chapter book yesterday at the book fair at school. I’ve been steering him toward the simpler, early-reader type books… but no, he wanted a big kid book. … Continue reading

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Darwin, Gradually

Having finally finished the unpleasant book about psychopathic killers, I have gone back to finish editing a series of essays about Charles Darwin. 2009 is the 200th anniversary of Darwin’s birth, so he’s being feted and written about left and … Continue reading

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Inherited Bookishness

Warning: book-related geekery ahead! Today SillyBilly and I had a book-lovin’ afternoon. First we watched this video of a modern book bindery that a fellow EFA member mentioned on our group discussion board (double click to open this one): This … Continue reading

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Mixed Bag

Image via Wikipedia Today’s New York Times Opinion section included the article “Ban the Breast Pump” by Judith Warner in her weekly column “Domestic Disturbances.” Inflammatory title, no? Even more inflammatory to me are some of her basic assumptions. Warner … Continue reading

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Observations

Seasons Change They tell me it’s spring, but the last few days have not seemed so. We spent most of Sunday inside except for necessities like doing laundry and driving to church. Instead of singing spring songs with the kids, … Continue reading

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Spiritual Tasks of the Homemaker – Part 10

Last time we looked at the relationship between the home and cultural life. Today we will see how the homemaker can set out on a path of self-development. ❖❖❖❖❖❖ In fostering the home as a locus for cultural renewal, the … Continue reading

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