“It would be so nice if something made sense for a change.” Alice…in Wonderland
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Fine Arts Friday: February stuff
Time for new songs for a new month. I’ve pretty much abandoned the Ambleside rotation this month and instead have chosen things that fit with our other studies. For our hymn this month, I chose one to go along with a sermon series our church is doing on revival. The key verse of Psalm 85:6 […]
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Fine Arts Friday: Free stuff!
The Getty Publications is offering over 250 art volumes as free downloads. A myriad of topics are covered, from Pieter de Hooch to Ancient Gems and Finger Rings. That got me thinking about other fine arts resources available for free. I feel rather strongly that while information may want to be free and whatnot, violating copyright […]
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Fine Arts Friday: With cannons!
The composer this term is Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, he of the wonderful 1812 Overture. When I lived in the DC area (and before I had children), I never missed an Independence Day on the National Mall. Even though it was written to commemorate Russia’s War with Napoleon, it has come to be associated with our […]
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Mythbusting the 12 Days of Christmas
On the fifth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me the ability to reason. Not really, it’s five golden rings! The only verse anyone consistently remembers other than the partridge in a pear tree verse. You may have seen the true meaning of “The 12 Days of Christmas” bit passed around, particularly if […]
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My mother was right!
One of my favorite Christmas songs is “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.” Growing up my mother always altered the words to sing, “As the Lord allows” instead of “as the fates allow.” Well, it turns out that she was just singing the original version — if Wikipedia is to be trusted. (Which. . . […]
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Fine Arts Friday: First Term Tunes
Ah, September and the back to school bliss even when we don’t go to school. We’re starting new everything this month, so I thought I’d cover the music we’re listening to this week. Our composer this term is Franz Joseph Haydn. We read this short bio geared to kids, and we found Austria on the […]
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They’re not dead yet!
I’ve written some about hymns, and they’ve all been old enough to be in the public domain. But there is a resurgence in hymn writing, and the result is some wonderful songs that are filled with the beauty and truth of God. This is one we sang in church today and a favorite of mine. […]
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Fine Arts Friday: Hymns
The mention of hymns often gets a lot of backlash. “Hymn singing is old fashioned, passe, and totally without value. Get with the 21st century!” First, those people can get off my lawns. Second: Shakespeare, Mozart, Renoir, Pope, Homer, Beethoven, Michelangelo, Austen, Virgil, da Vinci. Need I go on? We don’t discard art from the […]
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Cute posting
Today has been a busy, busy day because of a thing I can’t yet talk about. It’s also about a hundred bajillion degrees, which makes thinking — ergo blogging — difficult. Yes, I do put some thought into this blog. Anyway, I can’t think of anything better than this adorableness I saw this morning. You […]
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On the road again
Heading East into the sun. Just call me Squinty. Necessary requirements for a road trip: snacks, drinks, baby wipes (Always baby wipes. Trust me.) and good driving music. Honestly, these days I don’t listen to a lot of music when traveling. We usually listen to audiobooks or maybe a RadioLab or the like. Right now, […]
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