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About lettersfromheartscontent

I'm a writer working on YA fiction. I am also a mother of six, grandmother, wife to a forester, former homeschool teacher and tutor with Classical Conversations. Now retired from teaching Music at a small Christian school. In retirement I am writing, care-giving, decluttering, and calling village dances in order to give groups of strangers the joy of accomplishing something good together.

Exhausted

Posted on October 13, 2013 by lettersfromheartscontent

I was so empty today I wanted to skip church, but lacking a real illness I went anyway. It was good to see my church family, a set of rascally siblings I call home, but still, I was glad to … Continue reading →

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Faith is Not Enough

Posted on October 7, 2013 by lettersfromheartscontent

There I was, in church, listening to the sermon and struck by a discord. The presentation of the basic evangelical message clashed with the message I was mulling over from The Emperor’s Club. Both spoke of a way of life. … Continue reading →

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Man in the Moon, God in the Sun

Posted on September 12, 2013 by lettersfromheartscontent

I write once a month for the Classical Conversations blog, and that exercise just about uses up all my free writing time!  Today’s post here is a link to my post there. https://www.classicalconversations.com/easyblog/man-in-the-moon-god-in-the-sun George Herbert’s poem “The Church-porch” got me … Continue reading →

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The Mandala Fellowship in Florence

Posted on September 2, 2013 by lettersfromheartscontent

My friends, you simply must see what my son is writing about as his fellowship lives in Florence for two weeks.  He is the official spokesman for the Mandala Fellowship, an extension of Classical Conversations for students seeking the next … Continue reading →

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Psalm 19 Integration with Challenge B

Posted on August 31, 2013 by lettersfromheartscontent

Hello dear Readers, This is one of those posts that is for fellow Classical Conversations Challenge B tutors.  I am trying to make a document of mine available to tutors around the country.   This one is a PDF of my … Continue reading →

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Isn’t Life Wonderful??

Posted on August 30, 2013 by lettersfromheartscontent

My own children astound me as I work with them on their assignments. I see their giftings come forward. Daughter wants her timeline to be a spreadsheet rather than a line across a two page spread, because orderliness matters to … Continue reading →

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Don’t Wanna

Posted on August 13, 2013 by lettersfromheartscontent

May I cry on your shoulder? See, the signs are all pointing to the end of summer, the beginning of classes, the return of a tight schedule. Would you believe leaves are turning here? Granted, the brownish ones aren’t the … Continue reading →

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A Threesome of Lessons Learned from Circe Institute Conference 2013

Posted on July 28, 2013 by lettersfromheartscontent

Last week I drove down to Baltimore to attend the Circe Institute Conference, an annual gathering for classical educators interested in joining the dialogue about what it means to educate creatures Imago Dei (made in the image of God). This … Continue reading →

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Much Ado about Lost Tools of Writing

Posted on April 16, 2013 by lettersfromheartscontent

The classical writing program, The Lost Tools of Writing, is teaching me to write. I have studied it on my own and I have been attending a class. I have watched my son wrestle with the classical writing skills in … Continue reading →

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Classical Conversations’ Challenge B

Posted on April 5, 2013 by lettersfromheartscontent

Exactly four years ago in the restless discontent between winter and spring, my good friend Marcia persuaded me to consider becoming a tutor for a Challenge program in Classical Conversations.  I was ready to chuck textbooks, to which I had … Continue reading →

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