Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s The Cost of Discipleship: Book Review
A review of three books we studied for our 1930s rhetoric history studies, and how they tie together and bring depth to the problem.
Historical Seamstress & Homeschooler
Category: Homeschooling Rhetoric Level
After failure, we found a credentialed vision therapist
After an eye doctor took our money to set my daughter up for vision therapy, he did nothing. Our journey to find a credentialed vision doctor and therapist.
Acting Like Little Women, Thinking Like Transcendentalists
I’m in good company with the experts, who argue among themselves as to the meaning of transcendentalism of the literary authors in Concord, Massachusetts.
William Wilberforce dines at home of Lafayette, Abolitionist
We read this great book about William Wilberforce who ended the slave trade in England, with the help of his good friend, William Pitt, the Younger.
Homeschool graduate diagnosed with eye tracking difficulties
He said she is such a sweet girl and must be a genius, to have had such horrible eye tracking issues all these years and yet still be successful in school.
An Epoch, Lafayette Restaurant, Homeschool Graduation
My daughter loved the evening, exclaiming it was far better than a cap and gown ceremony or a party, sighing, “I feel just like Anne of Green Gables.”
Homeschool graduation photos at Lafayette Stepping Stone
Leaning on the Lord, and with a kind heart of service as Lafayette had, standing on his famed Stepping Stone is a metaphor for stepping up into the world.
Graduating Awana Club, a Speech, Lafayette, Cheesecake
Last night she received her Citation Award, given to graduating seniors IF they complete the requirements: one handbook a year for 10 years, from grades 3-12.
Critique of Revolutionary Book about 1750-1783
This expensive book with no previews available was highly recommended by a classical homeschool curriculum. Buying the book, I was shocked by the errors.
Renaissance Masquerade, Commedia dell ‘Arte, and our Masks
At a CW program, I asked him about the history of masquerade, where I learned about Commedia dell ‘Arte, which had its origins in 16th century Italy.
