Category Archives: Stories of Home

A Mother Wonders About Philosophy

Posted on March 5, 2012 by lettersfromheartscontent

“The only thing we require to be good philosophers is the faculty of wonder.”    Jostein Gaarder in Sophie’s World When I read this statement in Sophie’s World, my son’s Challenge I philosophy textbook for spring semester, I heard echoes of … Continue reading →

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Coloring Between the Lines

Posted on January 1, 2012 by lettersfromheartscontent

I drive up to church earlier than my family because I help lead the singing that opens Sunday School. As I drove up today through the valleys to Woodstock I peered hungrily through frosty car windows, looking for anything to … Continue reading →

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Before

Posted on November 12, 2011 by lettersfromheartscontent

As promised, here is a picture of my new bike, as yet unnamed. It is also a ‘before’ picture to which we will look back and marvel. With God’s help I will stop thinking like a 30 year old and … Continue reading →

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Signs of the Season

Posted on October 30, 2011 by lettersfromheartscontent
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Whether We Will Weather the Wild Weather

Posted on October 30, 2011 by lettersfromheartscontent

Robbo says we in New England live at the end of a weather funnel.  Weather from the southern US and from the west converges on our region, like water going down a drain. At the Montshire Museum in Norwich Vermont … Continue reading →

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Working on a Bridge

Posted on October 17, 2011 by lettersfromheartscontent

Did you see the covered bridge that went downstream when hurricane Irene slammed Vermont? The Bartonsville covered bridge used to stand a mile downstream from where I live. Every Tuesday on our way to Classical Conversations we would drive through … Continue reading →

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Bridge to Understanding

Posted on September 30, 2011 by lettersfromheartscontent

Whenever I have found myself standing next to a postcard rack I always looked for the Bartonsville covered bridge. I rarely found it, but I invariably walked away secretly satisfied. Vermont postcards and calendars focus on more famous and picturesque … Continue reading →

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Pondering the Nature of the Soul

Posted on August 13, 2011 by lettersfromheartscontent

The voice begins at unexpected intervals. Yesterday it interrupted my driving. “You’re not that good, really. You can pretend to be a tutor, but you know you’re faking. And what about your housekeeping? Or canning? The beans are rotting in … Continue reading →

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View from My Bicycle

Posted on August 6, 2011 by lettersfromheartscontent

I have just returned from a long bike ride. Long for me; it was 14 miles, about 3 miles of which was straight uphill, though not all at once. For a lady who has been sedentary for 17 years of … Continue reading →

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He wants to be a…what?!

Posted on July 14, 2011 by lettersfromheartscontent

The son who wears button-down shirts with graph paper motifs knew he wanted to be an inventor when he was four years old, and he is on a course to be a Research and Development engineer. The daughter who cheerfully … Continue reading →

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