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- Holy Metaphors, Batman! June 29, 2025
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- The Problem with Retention May 28, 2025
- How Charlotte Mason Saved my Sanity: A Homeschool Mom’s Testimonial May 24, 2025
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- Hinder not the children: a look at Narration December 30, 2024
- Scenes from 2023-24 classes September 15, 2024
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Holy Metaphors, Batman!
For the past two weeks I was in a mini-class with the House of Humane Letters, where Angelina Stanford took us through Harry Potter Books 4 & 5, and as usual with Angelina, it was about more than that. When … Continue reading →
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Tagged alchemy, literary tradition, parables, reading metaphorically, spiritual reality, transcendence
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Because Look
Sometimes, perhaps most times, plain descriptive words cannot express an idea well enough, and so we use metaphor and images, or word pictures, to convey our thoughts. In my previous post, I shared how when my son was very young, … Continue reading →
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Lose Yourself, Find Yourself
Quick thought that will maybe get fleshed out or expanded or whatever you want to call that. Here’s a couple of quotes from some great minds: But in reading great literature I become a thousand men and yet remain myself. … Continue reading →
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Tagged c.s.lewis, character, stories will save the world, story, transcendence
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