Episode #2 of the Sage Parnassus podcast is now up! You can listen below, subscribe on Apple Podcasts (iTunes)or Stitcher, or read the original transcript and listen here. Remember, the podcast has additional information not found in the original post, including the book I am loving on habits and a poem by two sisters on […]

I’m starting a podcast – a new venture! Won’t you join me? Listen to the short, introductory episode and learn what it will be about. It’s only 8 minutes long. You can listen here on my website at the end of blog posts or you can subscribe on Apple Podcasts (iTunes)or Stitcher. And if you […]

Truly, except the Lord build the house, they labour but in vain that build it. When the Lord builds, they labour also—but, not in vain. Where is the promise for the edifying of the sober and righteous and godly Christian character, except as we shall labour, laying brick upon brick? We may well believe that, […]

This Guest Post audio is by my friend, Mary Beuving.  She has attended the past 4 Living Education Retreats and lives on the west coast, currently Oregon.  (But she didn’t receive the longest-pilgrimage-to-the-LER award – that went to someone from China!) Mary is frank, humble, and funny in this talk about trusting the methods of […]

I have for you today the audio of my conversazione from the 2018 Living Education Retreat! It concerns courage, a virtue that Charlotte has helped me to understand in a whole new light. Below is the print of St. George and the Dragon which we do a picture study with during the talk.  I pray […]

a gift of fragrant, wild plum blossoms! Habits are important in a Charlotte Mason relational education. They are mentioned as the second item of Ms. Mason’s educational trifecta, “education is an atmosphere, a discipline, and a life” and emphasized under principal #7 which states, “By Education is a discipline, is meant the discipline of habits […]