Down From the Door. . .

The Road goes ever on and on Down from the door where it began. Now far ahead the Road has gone, And I must follow, if I can, Pursuing it with eager feet, Until it joins some larger way Where many paths and errands meet. And whither then? I cannot say. J.R.R. Tolkien (The Fellowship of the Ring)

Sunday, November 2, 2014

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Walking step by step, day by day on this journey of life. In love with my fellas, big and little:) Discovering myself to be not only a mom, a wife, but an artist, and athlete, and who knows what lies around the corner...
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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

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    15 years ago
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