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St Francis de Sales: Spiritual Directory
On the topic of Rules, I found this brief Spiritual Directory by St Francis de Sales (PDF) which was apparently written as a simple rule for the Visitation Sisters, but is easily adapted for lay life....
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"Writing is a great grace of God"
This summer I have been thinking about writing and particularly about blogging, perhaps partly because I have been doing so little of the latter. Is there really a need for one more blog? Is...
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Saying Grace
Every time we walk in to or out of the house now, we go past my husband's meadow. And whether we are going for a walk, or getting into the car to go to Mass or to a doctor's appointment, or...
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Farmer Boy: Autumn Read-Aloud
Paddy and I are reading Farmer Boy, which is not our typical choice of reading material. But Cindy Rollins was talking about in on a Circe podcast which I listened to this summer, and I remembered...
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Thankfulness Times Ten
Thankfulness Times TenHere are the guidelines I have for this thankfulness theme……Just find ten things I am thankful for, in the moment. I have no rules...I may go over ten, if I cannot help...
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TUAR Rambling
This will be a Landscape of My Mind post rather than a List of Events. I have two lives going on, or so it seems. There is the exterior life, what I do and what happens, and then there is the life...
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My Daily Exercise Usually Doubles as My Daily Nature Walk
There was a time when the kids were younger, when my daily nature walk......or several-times-a-week nature walk, was my only exercise (sad, but true.....moms of many littles sure can struggle...
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Prayerfully Yours......
Hello, Dear Friends! I know Willa and I have been missing. There are several excuses.......but the one I come to you tonight for.......is for a request of prayers on my friend's behalf. I am not...
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Writing in November
Hello Friends!As Chari indicated in her last post, I have been very sick. I am just finally getting a tiny percentage of my energy back. There were several days when I couldn't even comprehend the...
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Paddy's Book Pick: Claude Lightfoot
Last evening I finished the book my husband gave me to read while I was sick. If you are interested, it was I, Robot, by Isaac Asimov, and I have a distinct memory of Kevin holding me by the wrist at...
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The Heart of Education
While I'm still sick, I've been reading a lot more online, and last night I chanced upon The Thread, as it's been called by people I know, also titled "How Does One Provide a Classical Education?"...
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Just the Clouds
I kept noticing the clouds today. There were so many fascinating shapes. The light on the clouds was ever-changing. I refrained from taking a photo from every view that caught my eye........till I...
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Our Daily Bread
When I was in my first crazy years of homeschooling, I pretty much knew that I was not naturally fitted for it, and that if we had any success at all, it would be either my kids succeeding in spite of...
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Perfected in Weakness
I thought of a bit more to say about my topic of yesterday. I was focusing on one side of it... the side where I have grown kids who are doing fine and why it is not to my credit but to God's.But...
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On Being Sick
*If the photos are/aren't showing up, let me know, OK? I think I might have fixed it but I can't tell for sure because they were showing up fine on my computer.*I am doing so much better, but whenever...
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Favorite Homeschooling Book(s) and Ignatian Education
I have a few favorite homeschooling or education-related books.Little Way of Homeschooling (I have a chapter in this book!)Designing Your Own Classical Curriculum (one of the first homeschool books I...
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I've caught up on Feedly! That hardly ever happens. I thought I would share some links I especially liked this week. I'm doing well so far at this daily blogging in November! IFirst, editing to add...
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Chari's 2012 List of Books
2012 Book List(yes. I do realize 2013 is almost at an end......don't laugh.)The Black Mothby Georgette Heyervia LibrivoxThis was a first novel for Heyer. My girls love reading her novels.......a way...
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Resting in God with One's Children
Edward FrereWhen a period of feasting had run its course, Job would make arrangements for them to be purified. Early in the morning he would sacrifice a burnt offering for each of them, thinking,...
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On Practicality
A couple of days ago I was browsing back through the Circe blog and found an article called: Truth or Consequences: On Being Practical. It made me think, especially as I had just written about St...
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