Lots of great link-age today that I've been saving for a few weeks, so let's get started!
Learning
- I considered listing this one under "Loving" but I decided this category worked better. Because I learned a lot just reading this article. Music, Composers, Secret Codes, oh my! Breaking Elgar's Enigma by Daniel Estrin in New Republic.
- What to Say When Your Students Fall in Love by Joshua Gibbs at CiRCE. (Side note: I fell in love with my husband when I was in highschool and here we are lo, these twenty years later. Sometimes it IS forever, and no, I'm not comparing the love I felt when I was sixteen to the love I live and breathe now.)
- The Best Kept Secret of Homeschooling by Brandy at Afterthoughts. I don't know that this is a secret, but yes, it's true.
- Teaching Discernment: Bad Words in Books by Betsy at Redeemed Reader. Discernment is a lost art. I think I have more to say on this subject, but that will probably have to wait for another blog post.
Living
- On February 22, 2012 I walked into a midwife appointment 14 weeks pregnant with our fifth child. A few hours later I walked out with the news that he was a boy, that his heart had stopped, and the only proof I would ever really have of his existence were the ultrasound pictures of our dead baby I clutched in my hand. Then almost a week passed. A week of being pregnant but not. This post captures some of that: The Wait by Jessica Gross.
- On Christian Coloring Books and Meaningful Hobbies by Tim Challies. (Fear not, he doesn't come against coloring, per se.)
- Community Requires Vulnerability by Christine Hoover. Yes, posts about adult friendship are still catching my eye.
- 6 Common Sense Parenting Steps that will Assure You of Absolutely Nothing by Cheryl Magness.
Loving
- In One Year, 12 Trillion Locusts Devastated the Great Plains - and then They Went Extinct from Timeline. Yes, On the Banks of Plum Creek is mentioned (these are Laura's "grasshoppers") I loved reading this because as a kid I would wonder why WE didn't have grasshopper plagues like this.
- This one took me back but I had never considered the deeper aesthetics behind postmodern restaurant decor: Retro Wonderland from Dangerous Minds.
- In honor of Valentine's Day - think you know what the Puritans thought of marital love? Think again: Marital Love Must Be by Joel Beeke.
- Loved this very much and I think I'll make it my new motto too: To the End by David Murray.
- Fake News and Other Traps Damaging the Church by Annika Greco at Relevant. YES. (And while we're at it, just stop with all the memes already. No one ever changed their mind on a tricky subject because of a meme.)
- If you're a Christian parent with kids at home (or a grandparent or aunt or...) please consider backing this fantastic project: Slugs and Bugs 2 Sing the Bible Kickstarter. To read more about the project: Kickstarting a Slugs and Bugs Double Feature at the Rabbit Room.
- The Secret Taxonomy Behind IKEA Names by Hannah Yi. And here I thought they were just syllables randomly strung together... (kidding!)
From Living Unabridged
- Life as an INTJ Female - this is an older post that I updated this week
- One year ago: 5 Ways to Improve Your Day in 5 Minutes or Less
- Two years ago: Three Things I Don't Want My Daughters to Be
- Also two years ago: Love, Marriage, & Family Reading List. The books about love and relationships that I recommend most often!
What caught your eye this week?
Presidents Day Weekend Deals
Free Presidents' Day Notebooking Pages from NotebookingPages.com.
Maestro Classics are on sale this week - great deals on the entire set or individual CDs, plus free shipping!
