In my Commonplace...

5/10/2018

In the dooryard fronting an old farm-house near the white-wash’d palings,
Stands the lilac-bush tall-growing with heart-shaped leaves of rich green,
With many a pointed blossom rising delicate, with the perfume strong I love,
With every leaf a miracle—and from this bush in the dooryard,
With delicate-color’d blossoms and heart-shaped leaves of rich green,
A sprig with its flower I break.

Walt Whitman, "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloomed"

2 Comments

Bethany

5/14/2018 10:49:15 am

Hi Laurie,

I just discovered your lovely work through googling Charlotte Mason resources in the Boston area. I am a homeschooling mom here interested in a CM-inspired education for my children in the context of community, and I'm trying to figure out where to even start. If you would allow to me to take you out for coffee in real life, I'd pinch myself to make sure I weren't dreaming.

Sincerely,
Bethany

Ethan link

1/1/2021 10:15:09 am

This is a greeat blog

"Ideas
won't keep; something must be done about them."
- Alfred Whitehead

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Laurie

"Perhaps this is one of the secrets of life--to know 'glory' when we see it."
--Charlotte Mason

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A wee explanation: this website was created as a way to amplify the daily surprise of seeing glory in one small life. The notebook entries represented here are all selected from things actually lived and noted on paper in an effort to live the full life British educator Charlotte Mason so ably championed.

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