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Book Notes: A Different Language I am a day late for Holocaust Remembrance Day, but this quote is still timely as antisemitism (a result of our sinful human tendency to continually blame-shift instead of recognizing and repenting of the sin in our own hearts) is a recurring blight throughout church and world history. Pope Benedict....

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Book Notes: The Sign of the Cross Yesterday, I finally started copying quotes into my commonplace book from my hard copy of Jesus of Nazareth: Holy Week, which I listened to in March during Holy Week (unless you’re Orthodox like my son-in-law and this week is Holy Week ;) ). I have found Pope Benedict’s

Happy New Year!

Books Read in 2023 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 …

A Daybook post...

The Simple Woman’s Daybook for September 5, 2023 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 ma…

A book review :)

Book Review: How to Read a Book 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&…

Favorite quotes from a recent read 📚

Book Notes: Step by Step 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& #8…

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The Simple Woman’s Daybook: Wedding Edition 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 ar…

Happy Easter!

Book Notes: Resurrection and Remembrance 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 i…

A snowy Sunday daybook ❄️

The Simple Woman’s Daybook for January 22, 2023 For Today Looking out my window…we got several inches of snow today, which made driving to church a bit hazardous. I am thinking…my “Word of the Year” will be Dialogue (noun…

Looking forward to this class and re-reading Norms and Nobility!

Book Study: Norms and Nobility by David Hicks | Beautiful Teaching: Classical Education Consulting "The end of education is not thinking; it is acting. It is not just knowing what to do; it is doing it. The sublime premise of a classical education asserts that right thinking will lead to right, if not righteous, acting." David Hicks, Norms...

Autumn in words and pictures…

Book Notes: To Autumn 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. Whil…

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The Simple Woman’s Daybook for Tuesday, July 12, 2022 For Today Looking out my window…actually, sitting on the patio – it’s a lovely, puffy-cloud summer day. I am thinking…I don’t usually write daybook posts on Tuesday, b…