places and spaces
“We need only ask ourselves which places — which towns, which buildings, which rooms, have made us feel like this…
writing and literature
-
-
Milne and Mason
“The child’s world is a single indivisible world in which all creatures, human and animal, live together as equals. Instinctively…
-
improving my reading habits
I don’t remember how the idea occurred to me, perhaps it was my January reading of Karen Glass’ Charlotte Mason…
-
carrying crockery
“Efficiency and inefficiency exist happily side by side and both have a place in our lives. we may wish to…
-
keep going
Every now and again I have to write myself a pep talk. This is what I’m telling myself today. Shakespeare,…
-
imitation, craftsmanship and Bach
“Of course the musical staple was the German chorale. Sebastian grew up with the Eisenach hymnal of 1673 –with more…
-
virtue, the goal of education
“The idea of approaching education– even that part of education that we consider ‘school’ — as a process of developing…
-
mathematics and Winnie-the-Pooh
This quote comes in the context of discussing the art of rhyming poetry and light verse which A.A. Milne wrote…
-
books - camera - family - life stories - liturgical calendar - outdoors - projects - writing and literature
In which we find ourselves in a new year
I have been slightly overwhelmed by how much ground I have to cover in order to chronologically document the rest…
-
nightlights
In bookish news, I finished off Middlemarch last week in a dedicated reading manner. And when it was over, I…