Scholé Life

Oh, the heat! After a delightful weekend with comfortable temperatures, the heat settled in again yesterday and will be making itself at...

The book pile is high and varied right now. I'm kind of just reading whatever I'm in the mood for at any particular time, and therefore...

Photo Credit: Wikipedia Feast days are taken seriously at our house. We take the day off from school and try to do something to...

Photo Credit: Ben McLeod Principle 11 But we, believing that the normal child has powers of mind which fit him to deal with all knowledge...

My venture into Charlotte Mason began with some quips and phrases I picked up along the way that were attributed to her, and sounded...

I have been struggling for some time now with what to do with this little piece of the internet; thus the fits and starts that have been...

In a recent post, I made comments about this time of year being the beginning of a new year, and in my last post I mentioned that our...

In our house and in our school, we embrace this time of the year that invites us to slow down and prepare. Year by year, we've gotten...

Not much changed in my reading world from last week to this week. I am behind in a great many books I should be reading and unlike...

Happy New Year! And yes, it is a new year. According to the church calendar, the first Sunday of Advent begins a new year, and having...

One of the books I (almost) finished reading this summer is Everything Sad is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri. It's about an Iranian who...

I did a terrible job of running the Kitchen Apron Book Club last year. Here we are on the doorstep of August again, and I finished a...

Everything Sad is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset Laurus by Eugene Vodolazkin The Intellectual Life by...

I've got a lot of books going on right now. For accountability purposes, I feel like maybe sharing my book reading will help me plod...

Announcing April's book club pick -- Joseph Andrews by Henry Fielding. Joseph Andrews will transport us to the 18th century and The Age...

I had the pleasure of attending a presentation by Christopher Hall last year in which he introduced his newly published book Common Arts...

I have a lot of fears and insecurities. One of them is driving along, not really close to home, with my husband out of town, and I break...

I thought I'd start a series called The Great Conversation where I will highlight a book that is edifying and encompasses this quest of ...

Calibrate - v. 1.) To check, adjust, or determine by comparison with a standard 2.) To make corrections in; adjust 2022 arrived and I...

Traditions are very important in our family. Since marrying my husband, we've established some that have stood the test of time, while...