Down From the Door. . .: December 2012

Thursday, December 27, 2012

Nate got a kilt from his mom and dad for his birthday/Christmas present this year :) He's super excited to finally have one. He's always wanted a kilt and finding out (year before last) that he had Scottish roots was fun for him. He chose the MacDonald (modern) tartan. You look great Baby!

Amanda Palmer

The idea of Thoreau gazing thoughtfully over the expanse of transcendental Walden Pond, a bluebird alighting onto his threadbare shoe, all the while eating donuts that his mom brought him just doesn't jibe with most people's picture of him as a self-reliant, noble, marrow-sucking back-to-the-woods folk hero. . . Try to picture getting angry at Florence Nightingale for snacking on a donut while taking a break from tirelessly helping the sick. It's difficult. So, a plea. To the artists, creators, scientists, nonprofit-runners, librarians, strange-thinkers, start-uppers and inventors, to all people everywhere afraid to accept help, in whatever form it's appearing: Please, take the donuts.

The Art Of Asking

Albert Einstein

It is, in fact, nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry; for this delicate little plant, aside from stimulation, stands mainly in need of freedom, without this it goes to wreck and ruin without fail. It is a very grave mistake to think that the enjoyment of seeing and searching can be promoted by coercion and a sense of duty. To the contrary, I believe it would be possible to rob even a healthy beast of prey of it's voraciousness if it were possible with the aid of a whip, to force the beast to devour continuously even when not hungry, especially if the food, handed out under such coercion, were to be selected accordingly.

Some of the chapter books we have enjoyed aloud

All Creatures Great and Small
A Swiftly Tilting Planet
Hatchet
Mattimeo
Peter and the Sword of Mercy
Lord of the Rings
The Hobbit
Mossflower
Redwall
The Whisper of Glocken
My Side of the Mountain
Rowan and the Travelers
Rowan of Rin
Peter and the Secret of Rundoon
Peter and the Shadow-Thieves
Peter and the Starcatchers
The Secret of the Indian
Return of the Indian
The Indian in the Cupboard
Gregor and the Marks of Secret
Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods
Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane
Gregor the Overlander
Ralph S. Mouse
Runaway Ralph
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Prince Caspian
The Horse and His Boy
The Mouse and The Motorcycle
The Chocolate Touch
The Borrowers Afield
The Magician's Nephew
By The Shores of Silver Lake
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
The Gammage Cup
Little House in the Big Woods
Farmer Boy
The Borrowers
Charlotte's Web
Little House on the Prairie
On the Banks of Plum Creek
The Tale of Desperoux

Down From the Door. . .

Thursday, December 27, 2012

Amanda Palmer

Albert Einstein

Some of the chapter books we have enjoyed aloud

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