Thanksgiving Thoughts

Happy Thanksgiving from our house to yours as we join our hearts in gratitude to the Giver of every good and perfect gift! (James 1:17) Some thoughts on thankfulness from my commonplace... The fineness which a hymn or psalm affords Is, when the soul unto the lines accords.  ~Herbert Do not let your head run … Continue reading Thanksgiving Thoughts

Week 6 Wrap-Up

It's been a full week.  I cannot believe we are halfway through our first term (and 1/6th of the way through our learning year).  We had a beautiful nature walk on Monday afternoon, some downtown park play with friends on Thursday, and a nice long hangout with my lifelong bestie yesterday while her oldest daughter … Continue reading Week 6 Wrap-Up

Week 2 Wrap-Up

We kicked off our week with a chilly nature walk.  Gone are the beach days of summer, but we like our walks on the beach in the cool days of autumn almost as much!  We were hoping to see some jellyfish (as I thought that would be a good choice for this week as we … Continue reading Week 2 Wrap-Up

Commonplace Contemplations

 From my commonplace book... I told my people that God had created all our worships, reverences, tendernesses, loves.  That they had come out of His heart and were put into us because they were in Him first.  That all we could imagine of the wise, the lovely, the beautiful, was in Him, only infinitely more … Continue reading Commonplace Contemplations