Sarah Applegate, Diane's daughter, was homeschooled and is now homeschooling her children. 

From her reflection: Learning is a life-long process for your child and for you. The homeschooling process for your family will be ever-changing, but hopefully, constantly refining. Perfection is not an option in the lesson plans. Remember that there are people you don’t even know raising prayers on your behalf, and never forget that God gave those children to you and you to them, and He doesn’t make mistakes.

Read the web version of this reflection here: http://plumfieldandpaideia.com/dirty-hands-strong-character/ 

You can find all kinds of things related to this episode at our website: http://plumfieldandpaideia.com/the-mistmantle-chronicle-books/ 

You can join in the discussion at the Biblioguides Online Community at Mighty Networks here: https://community.biblioguides.com/ 

This beautiful and exciting follow-up to Urchin of the Riding Stars is a favorite of Sara's. 

The third installment in our Spelling series. You can learn more here: http://plumfieldandpaideia.com/spelling-iii/

In today's episode of Plumfield and Person, Diane and Sara talk with Sara's friend, Fr. Jordan Neeck, O. Praem, a priest of St. Norbert Abbey in DePere, Wisconsin about Mary Shelly's novel Frankenstein. Sara and Fr. Jordan have read this powerful story several times together. Once as part of a Senior Religion class that Fr. Jordan was teaching, another time with some young adult ladies, and once with their Tuesday Night Classics club that that we have talked about before. In this episode, we talk about how the book was received by each of those audiences, why Diane, Sara, and Fr. Jordan appreciate it, and other books that it pairs well with. 

This darling short story is a gem! Check out the lovely illustrations at our website: http://plumfieldandpaideia.com/an-old-fashioned-thanksgiving/ 

After our wonderful conversation with Kathy Seeger earlier this fall, we knew that we wanted to meet with more "library ladies" and hear their unique stories. In this episode, we enjoyed chatting with Sherry Early of Meriadoc Homeschool Libary, Sandy Hall of Hall's Living Library, and May Schubert of Pursell Schubert Legacy Library. This conversation is divided into two episodes. This is the second half of the conversation. 

After our wonderful conversation with Kathy Seeger earlier this fall, we knew that we wanted to meet with more "library ladies" and hear their unique stories. In this episode, we enjoyed chatting with Sherry Early of Meriadoc Homeschool Library, Sandy Hall of Hall's Living Library, and Mary Schubert of Pursell Schubert Legacy Library. This conversation is divided into two episodes. This is the first half of the conversation. 

You can find the second half of this conversation here: https://plumfieldmoms.podbean.com/e/meet-more-library-ladies-sherry-early-sandy-hall-and-mary-schubert-part-2/ 

Here is a link to Sara’s review complete with all of the links: http://plumfieldandpaideia.com/cs-lewiss-space-trilogy/

You can purchase the Space Trilogy books at BookShop.org - a nonprofit online book vendor which supports bricks-and-mortar bookstores and libraries. 

Out of the Silent Planet:

Perelandra:

That Hideous Strength:

Our friends at Biblioguides have created a fantastic FREE Landmark Books Collector's Guide:

The Mysterious Voyage of Captain Kidd

Library Ladies at the Plumfield Reads corner of the Biblioguides Mighty Networks