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I always disliked bugs. Growing up, my feelings ab I always disliked bugs. Growing up, my feelings about insects were a mixture of fear and antipathy. When I saw one, I usually wanted to destroy it, but I did not want to get close enough to do so. But as I have often said, implementing the Charlotte Mason method in your home is a dangerous game. You may find it changing YOU. And in ways that you may least expect. In 2016 I was on a nature walk and I heard the same buzzing around me that I have heard for my entire life. But that afternoon in August was different. I actually saw a green cricket (or was it a grasshopper?) on a branch. When he moved, there was sound. When he stopped, there was none. I was stunned. I appreciated an insect for the first time in my life. Later that day I saw a dragonfly. (Or was it a damselfly?) In my journal I wrote, “Saw a beautiful dragonfly. Black wings like velvet.” I wrote it with my own hand. I saw a beautiful bug. Lately I’ve been reading Anna Comstock’s Handbook of Nature Study. Cover to cover, probably not the way you’re supposed to. The long section on insects has been unlike anything I’ve ever read. More wondrous than science fiction, more unreal than fantasy. The habits of species after species has taken my breath away. Comstock describes a bioluminescent beetle called the cucujo. “The Cuban ladies wear cucujos at the opera, in nets in the hair,” she writes. “I once had a pair which I tethered with gold chains to the bodice of my ball gown. The eyespots glowed steadily, but with the movement of dancing, they grew more brilliant until no glittering diamonds could compete with their glow.” All I can say is that fiction must be believable, but reality has no such obligation. @artmiddleakuff
“‘Aren’t you tired of just talking about pro “‘Aren’t you tired of just talking about problems, Clarence?’ my friend Jay Parker had asked me. ‘Wouldn’t you like to try doing something about them for a change?’” In this eloquently written and deeply moving memoir, Justice Thomas shares his journey from Pinpoint, Georgia to the Supreme Court alongside his personal journey of faith. It’s one of the best memoirs I’ve read. Have you read any good books, lately? @rbaburina
I remember like it was yesterday when the six volu I remember like it was yesterday when the six volumes — the pink volumes — arrived in the mail. Actually it was more than fifteen years ago. I was so excited to read Charlotte Mason’s own words, not just read about her. I wanted to learn the method for myself. I was enraptured by the opening pages — the child’s estate, the code of education in the Gospels. And then I reached page 28 and I started wondering what I was reading. Why all this talk about air? I wanted to learn how to homeschool, not to read strange ideas about inside air, night air, and country air. I wanted to skip ahead to the part about nature study… and narration… I kept these thoughts to myself until I met Dr. Kent Handfield. As we walked together on the grounds of the Living Education Retreat, he explained to me his unique credentials and background. Kent was not only a medical doctor, board-certified in dermatology. He was also an expert in functional medicine, certified by the Institute for Functional Medicine. We discussed Charlotte Mason’s views on food, clothing, and air. To my surprise, he did not wave his hand in dismissal of Mason’s ideas. Rather, he explained to me the wisdom contained in Mason’s words. The rest, they say, is history. Dr. Handfield began a series of very popular articles for Charlotte Mason Poetry, evaluating Charlotte Mason’s views on skin care, clothing, and food. I am pleased to announce that today he has completed his third and final article in the series, evaluating Mason’s views on air and exercise. In my talk on how to learn the Charlotte Mason method, I say that the first step is to go outside. There are so many layers to the wisdom of that first step. Today, Dr. Handfield expands the layers even more. After reading or hearing his article, I’m sure you will want to get up, run around, and fill your lungs with fresh air. Link in profile. @artmiddlekauff
“And this is the process the child should contin “And this is the process the child should continue for the first few years of his life. Now is the storing time which should be spent in laying up images of things familiar. By-and-by he will have to conceive of things he has never seen: how can he do it except by comparison with things he has seen and knows? By-and-by he will be called upon to reflect, understand, reason; what material will he have, unless he has a magazine of facts to go upon?” (Vol. 1 p. 66) @tessakeath
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