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The Rabbit Room | On Offensive Stories
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May 21, 2012. Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window). Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window). Click to share on Google (Opens in new window). Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window). Tim Filston asked a great question regarding Flannery O’Connor, and I hated to let it languish in the comments ( at Jonathan-Rogers.com. So I’ll address it in a post. He wrote:. Here’s a relevant tidbit from the introduction to. The Terrible Speed of Mercy. If the stories offend conventional ...
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A is for Anteater » Counting Down Advent With Books
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A is for Anteater / exploring the world through a child's eyes. Counting Down Advent With Books. Posted on Wednesday, December 14, 2011. For years I’ve been adding to our Christmas book library, and it all began with one book. While pregnant with our first child, I worked as the special orders clerk for a bookstore. As the only soon-to-be-mother employee, any free children’s books that arrived for the staff ended up on my desk. Who knew that the first Christmas book, Mooseltoe, would be delighting our.
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A is for Anteater » Putting My life Together
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A is for Anteater / exploring the world through a child's eyes. Putting My life Together. Posted on Thursday, September 5, 2013. Tonight I sat down to write my first post in a while and it occured to me that I’d like to simplify by only writing new posts on my other blog, instead of choosing between my “homeschool blog” and ”the rest of my life” blog. Thanks for reading this blog and I’ll keep it up for perusal. And who knows, maybe I’ll occasionally post here. And keep clicking here. Walking by the Way.
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A is for Anteater » Leave This Space Blank
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A is for Anteater / exploring the world through a child's eyes. Leave This Space Blank. Posted on Monday, June 18, 2012. In Homeschooling Multiple Children. I can panic with the best of them. Back in February and March it was the depths of winter homeschooling. Seized by worry, I yielded completely to my anxious thoughts. “How can I continue to be school and taskmaster all day long? How can I spend time with my young children instead of just keeping them occupied so that I can work with the older kids?
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A is for Anteater » Meeting Peter H. Reynolds, The Author of ISH
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A is for Anteater / exploring the world through a child's eyes. Meeting Peter H. Reynolds, The Author of ISH. Posted on Friday, April 20, 2012. Glancing around it’s clear that nobody else has brought their kids. Behind us is a trickling procession of what I assume to be parents and teachers filling the metal folding chairs. Do they know who we’re about to meet? They seem to be acting so-. We’ve been Peter H. Reynolds. Fans for a couple of years now. Our two favorite books, Ish. A Glimpse at His Heart.
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A is for Anteater » The Softer Side of Starting back to School
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A is for Anteater / exploring the world through a child's eyes. The Softer Side of Starting back to School. Posted on Wednesday, January 4, 2012. In Homeschooling Multiple Children. I don’t know about you, but I can only describe December as a whirlwind month on a sugar high. By the day after Christmas my brain turned itself off in an act of self-preservation in order to recharge from the planning involved in the previous month. Over at Practical Pages, Composer Studies. So I arranged my list by what I w...
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A is for Anteater » It’s in the (Library) Bag
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A is for Anteater / exploring the world through a child's eyes. It’s in the (Library) Bag. Posted on Wednesday, September 5, 2012. As I cautiously wield my way through the library with books piled to almost disaster, my friend (and favorite librarian) stops me. She speaks to me through the precariously stacked books so that all I hear is a mumble, and then my weight shifts quickly as I feel one more book added to the top of my pile. She must have just recommended a book to me, I think to myself. One read...
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A is for Anteater » Weekly Wrap-Up
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A is for Anteater / exploring the world through a child's eyes. Posted on Friday, January 17, 2014. This week all of our outside activities began and vastly changed our days compared to last week. Our learning time at home was more rushed, our afternoons busy, and this Mama was beat. Still, we had some highlights from the week. Our four-year-old joined us for Sketch Tuesday. My two older girls started their writing class with author and friend, Jennifer Trafton. The Shape of Me. I am a rugged silhouette.
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A is for Anteater » Weekly Wrap-up
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A is for Anteater / exploring the world through a child's eyes. Posted on Sunday, January 12, 2014. Getting Started After a Break. The Gift of Snow. We had a surprisingly slow start back to school this past week. I usually love a soft start. To school, but since joining a new homeschool co-op this year, many aspects of our day have been out of my hands. For the first time this year, we participated in Sketch Tuesday. Together (the assignment was to draw hot cocoa or tea, we added in the cookies):. While ...
