Book Discussion gives Mom a Full Heart
That post title is quite the headline. And since the essay is not written yet, perhaps you may wonder if…
writing and literature
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Latin, natural history and humor
“Does the general public need to learn the Latin names of fungi, plants and animals? Not usually. Anyone asking their…
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chewing gum
As suspected, nothing gets past Father and the next evening he gives us a sound lecture on the evils…
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the work of a private schoolmaster (or mistress)
“Now the theory of private schools is (or was) constant supervision out of school; therein differing fundamentally from that of…
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kindred ideas
“An idea is more than an image or a picture; it is, so to speak, a spiritual gem endowed with…
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‘our childhood remains with us’
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moving on from the Tudors
“But though it may seem sad, one grows out of Tudor cottages. Little by little, the charm of being stunned…
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the mind made attentive
“Martin Martin, the traveller and writer who in the 1690s set sail to explore the Scottish coastline, knew that one…
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reminders of hospitality
“Meanwhile, since you come to us as friends, favour us by celebrating this annual festival, which it is wrong to…
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unexpected things
I said something about a camel and the eye of a needle and she rose happily to the point. “But…