According to Wikipedia, in 1920, Fannie M. Clark, a teacher at the Rozelle School in East Cleveland, Ohio, attempted to answer the question of what makes a book a classic. She consulted a group of eighth-graders and asked the following question: “What do you understand by the classics in literature?”Answers included “classics are books your fathers give you and you keep […]
Introducing…Little Miss Texas Lone Star!
Ladies and gentlemen, we have a pageant winner among us! There is an incredible story explaining how our youngest got involved with pageantry–more of a story than I have energy to give right now. I’ll just say that the Lord really does order our steps–that is, when we are willing to step obediently into His […]
The Wind of Change (to my Door Decor, that is)
We didn’t get the rain, but instead lasted through the windy side of Lee. When I say windy, I mean wwwwiiiiiiiinnnnnddddddy. The last of the fake flowers that had become little more than a hiding place for the occasional lizard fell off the wreath that hung on our door. On a day when I was already […]
Summer Reading
Do you “school” all year around? We do. We never cover all of the classes, but the kids are required to complete math on 3 days/ week, and to read for 1 hour each day. In the summer, that reading time looks totally different than during our regular school year. I had taken shots of […]
Things We Gained in the Recession
There is a movie that runs the HBO circuit occasionally, entitled “Things We Lost in the Fire.” Though I’ve never watched the movie, my take from the previews is that the plot details the intangibles that people lose when tragedy occurs. Sometimes it’s not the material things that matter so much as those items that money can’t […]