Precious and Few
I think God must have specially wired our brains for music. We store a wealth of music in our heads and you never know when a song from the past will pop out of your mental storage bank and into…
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Training Senses
Danish artist Lorenz Frølich, who lived from 1835 to 1903, had an international career as an illustrator. One of his projects was a popular series of books for children about the adventures of a little girl called Mademoiselle Lili. The…
Just Mama and Me
Following the guidelines of the local board of education, Mother and Daddy sent me off to first grade when I was five years old. In 1958 in our town, children could begin their twelve-year public school adventure at five years…
The Gentle Mama
Some of you may have read this post on Friday when I accidentally sent out two in the morning email. Oops! So sorry about that! I recently wrote about The Present Mama, using this verse from 1 Thessalonians: But we…
Little Things that Make a Home Sweet Home
Setting up an office in our hotel room at Hope Lodge was something of a challenge. Depending on our Exploring Government editing task at the moment, we needed two and sometimes three screens. As you see, we placed Ray’s computer,…
Mothers and Sweethearts
Our family has long been fascinated by the history of the home front during World War II. It was the theme of the second of Mary Evelyn’s Homeschool Dramatic Society plays, Faith is the Victory, back in 2000. Wow! That…