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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.

Invitation to a Thanksgiving of Song, Books, and Poetry

Posted on October 26, 2012 by lettersfromheartscontent

Yesterday I sent out Thanksgiving invitations to Mom and Dad, Aunt Mary, and my sister’s family. Remembering the laughter of the last Thanksgiving here, when Dad lip-synched the chorus of “The Witch Doctor” to my daughter’s singing behind a curtain, … Continue reading →

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Monet Refuses the Operation

Posted on October 6, 2012 by lettersfromheartscontent

Monet Refuses the Operation by Lisel Mueller   Doctor, you say there are no haloes around the streetlights in Paris and what I see is an aberration caused by old age, an affliction. I tell you it has taken me … Continue reading →

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Cold and Dark

Posted on September 30, 2012 by lettersfromheartscontent

Dread. At Lisai’s Market both customers and those behind the counters agreed: the days are rapidly getting shorter and we don’t like it. If we are waking before sunrise, can the rock-hard dark days of winter be far behind? Out … Continue reading →

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The Practical Tutor III

Posted on September 21, 2012 by lettersfromheartscontent

I got this idea when I visited Christy Bradley’s home this summer. To keep track of her sons’ assignments, she meets individually with them one evening each week to break up their work for the next four days.  I do … Continue reading →

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Life Behind Walls of Glass

Posted on September 16, 2012 by lettersfromheartscontent

Most of my day, a dirty window filters the world. I view life through the car window, through a smudged mirror, through a computer screen. I see through glass, darkly.  Whenever I can I ride with my window down to … Continue reading →

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Lessons from Summer

Posted on August 23, 2012 by lettersfromheartscontent

This is what I learned this summer: That breaks really make a difference. Relax the rubber band or it will lose the stretch that makes it so good at what it does. That exercise feels sooo good when it is … Continue reading →

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Practical Tutor 2

Posted on July 22, 2012 by lettersfromheartscontent

What is the best way to prepare this summer for a year of tutoring Challenge B in Classical Conversations? Make yourself familiar with the Guide, poring over it so you know what is coming. Then set aside time to study.  … Continue reading →

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What the best dressed are wearing

Posted on July 22, 2012 by lettersfromheartscontent

The act of putting pen to paper encourages pause for thought, this in turn makes us think more deeply about life, which helps us regain our equilibrium.  ~Norbet Platt Well, I haven’t been writing in my journal but I have … Continue reading →

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Writing Letters

Posted on June 10, 2012 by lettersfromheartscontent

Attention, my two readers! Letters from Heart’s Content has been brought under new management. (That’s still me.)  I am making some changes around here and blogging is a part of it.  I have kept a journal since I was 14 … Continue reading →

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The Practical Tutor, Part I

Posted on June 10, 2012 by lettersfromheartscontent

I spend too much time at my computer.  This week I finally got around to paying the bills, a week late, somehow missing punitive fees.  Whew! Half the payments went into envelopes, half were paid online. As I finished up … Continue reading →

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