An Uncommon Quarterly
Imagine what it would be like to have a quiet growing place for parents in a digitally saturated world. A place where parents and educators could be mentored and instructed in Charlotte Mason’s ideas without looking at a screen. A place where the beauty of the printed page could speak to the heart.
Cara Williams longed for such a place, but she couldn’t find one. So rather than wish or regret, she did something about it. She recruited like-minded writers and thinkers and formed a journal known to many Charlotte Mason educators today: Common Place Quarterly.
In the course of planning, assembling, and printing this quarterly journal, Cara and her team learned a lot not only about Miss Mason’s philosophy but also about the community that embraces it. A community that is amazingly diverse, and wonderfully rich, but also filled with people who don’t always feel like they belong.
I decided to ask for a behind-the-scenes look at this uncommon quarterly and I got it. Cara Williams and her colleagues Mariah Kochis and Sarah Jonnalagadda agreed to have an in-depth conversation with me about the journal, the ideas it celebrates, and the community it serves. We talked about many things, including how we can work towards being a community where everyone feels like they belong. And we even talked about how this periodical of the printed page stands in a tradition started more than a century ago by Miss Mason herself. Listen in:
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2 Replies to “An Uncommon Quarterly”
Loved the podcast! Love the magazine and your website. So thankful for all your input and so glad you’re paving the way for the Dads. 🙂 I’m thankful for your voice and hope that more Dad’s get more involved. Jess
Thank you for the encouraging words! There will be another opportunity for dads when the new Idyll Challenge for Men starts in August! (Sign ups begin at the end of June.)