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Now I Remember: The Autobiography of Thornton W. Burgess
Sometimes you can enjoy a series of books, but grow disillusioned when you read the author’s biography. (This happened to me when I read Elizabeth Goudge’s autobiography.) But in Thornton Burgess’s case, I…
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Neighborhood Hawks
The convenience of the high trees! The air’s buoyancy and the sun’s ray Are of advantage to me; And the earth’s face upward for my inspection. My feet are locked upon the rough…
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Thanksgiving
5 By awesome deeds in righteousness You will answer us, O God of our salvation, You who are the confidence of all the ends of the earth, And of the far-off seas; 6…
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Charlotte Sometimes
This haunting novel is classified as a children’s book, though to my mind it seems more like an adult book with child characters. Although it’s poetic and truthful in its depiction of character…
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Exhaustless entertainment
The fields and woods about one are a book from which he may draw exhaustless entertainment, if he will. (John Burroughs, from the essay “A Sharp Lookout”) Today, the girls and I took…
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As little children
A few weeks ago, we finished Egermeier’s Bible Storybook. It ends with a description of John on Patmos, writing Revelation. It doesn’t summarize Revelation — just tells the story of its writing. My…
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Outdoor Hour Challenge: Squirrels
It was October when we first moved into our house about ten years ago, and one of the first things we loved about it was the big window over the dining room table,…
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Nature Study: Humans
No nature study is complete without taking human behavior into account. Lately I’ve had some opportunities to think about our species. A local nature preserve where we enjoy going for walks has been…
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The Invention of Hugo Cabret
The girls and I finished The Invention of Hugo Cabret early last week. Now three years old, this story — which I’m going to call an experimental novel — won a Caldecott in…
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The Wilder Life
I picked up The Wilder Life: My Adventures in the Lost World of Little House on the Prairie at a publisher’s book sale that comes to our area once a year. It has one…
