The Glass Castle

We entered this glass castle together, across the the moat of uncertainty, into a morass of tangled hallways and rooms. The rooms all different shapes and sizes, all made of glass, unique prisms entangling and reflecting the light around us. Attendents conduct us along the pathways. Brief flickers of the…

Homeschool Beginnings

Ah, September… when thoughts turn to education and new beginnings.  We’re entering our sixth official year of homeschool this year.  I use the word ‘official’ just to clarify that we’re talking about the arbitrary length of time in a year, during which most people agree that children ought to be…

When goodness abounds…

Holy Lord of all the ages,Let me to thy haven fly,Let me rise to seek thee early,Let my hunger never die. Feed me with thy blessed gospel,Let me plead Thee all my days.Thou, who gave this sinner new lifeStay with me, now and always. All throughout the pains of this…

Reading Challenge 2021 ~ October Update

Ten days late, but I’m here with my October reading update! This latter section of year has been rough on ye olde reading challenge, but I felt like I started to get my groove back in October. I made a lot of progress in the reading challenge books I was…