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One woman’s written responses to the world around her.

Archive for September 13th, 2006

Psalm 101

Posted: Wednesday, September 13th, 2006 @ 9:46 pm in Christianity, My Family | No Comments »

Written by my eldest at some time in the last two years. Thank you for my parents, O lord, for they are wise in your ways, and go forth and obey you, O lord. They teach me to do as you wish, to be true, oh true, to your ways, to do as you do, [...]

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Books I Should Read

Posted: Wednesday, September 13th, 2006 @ 9:34 pm in Books and Reading | 1 Comment »

Dracula by Bram Stoker Raven: a Biography of Sam Houston and other biographies by Marquis James To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (I don’t remember it.) Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (I don’t remember it.) Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc by Mark Twain Murder on the Orient Express [...]

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Reading for Fun: Recommended

Posted: Wednesday, September 13th, 2006 @ 8:52 pm in Books and Reading | 1 Comment »

Fantasy: The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis Her Majesty’s Wizard by Christopher Stasheff, and the next three The Dragon series by Gordon Dickson David Weber’s Oath of Swords, etc. The Dragon series by Patricia C. Wrede Mystery: The Brother Cadfael series by Ellis Peters Amazing Father Brown series by G.K. Chesterton The Victorian and [...]

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Recommended Reading List

Posted: Wednesday, September 13th, 2006 @ 7:50 pm in Books and Reading, Homeschooling, Teaching/Ed | 6 Comments »

I wish the internet had been around when I was in school; you can find out so many interesting things. One of the ways I have used the net recently is to find books for my sons to read. I am not the only one. Atypical Homeschool has a 15 year old asking what books [...]

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Cities are bad for your (mental) health.

Posted: Wednesday, September 13th, 2006 @ 2:24 pm in Science | No Comments »

I’ve always thought so. Seems like the more people live in a place, the negative things exponentially grow. Clayton Cramer is talking about the mental health repercussions of living in a city here.

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